After we tackled the glamorous high-profile quarterbacks, let’s get down to the guys who actually win titles: the line. Quarterbacks flash the stats and get the trophies and plaudits, but if you can’t dominate up front, you are probably going to lose.
There’s at least some glamor in being the guy who gets to hit the quarterback, but a lot of the job of the defensive line is simply controlling the line of scrimmage so other people can make lays. You don’t always notice a really good defensive line, but you sure as hell notice a bad one.