MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — It's late on a windy Tuesday afternoon, so windy the football team's video staff is not shooting quite as high in the air as they normally do in case of wind gusts. And just before teams, while their teammates are working through reads and coverages in skeleton drills, the offensive line and defensive line go to work.
Bullrushes, speed rushes, stunts, one on one. One bull rush knocks the offensive tackle back, nearly on the ground. The offensive line strikes back next with a suffocating interior block. At the end of practice, and particularly at the end of teams, the defensive line continues to win most of the reps.