wut do u think the toughest football position is? - Friday Night Lights (2004) Discussion

[–] acooley12 17 years ago

I played the o-line in high school, and aside from linebackers it was the toughest position. You are constantly down low chopping your feet and trying to drive the defender away from the play, and unlike the skill positions, you rarely get subbed out. Plus, practices were brutal. The seven man sled was like pure hell on earth! lol.

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[–] Pokey19 17 years ago

Free Safety.

Sprinting back and forth as they read the offense. Open field tackles while WR's and RB's are going full speed. You need strength and speed.

Plus you get blamed when the Offense scores a touchdown.

I tried it for a while but didn't have what it takes. Move to D-line (DE), much easier.

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[–] ECmaker 17 years ago

Cornerback is by far the toughest position on the field.

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[–] wierzbowski--696969 16 years ago

Fullback is obviously the toughest position. Youre essentially a human battering ram.

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[–] aznfratboy1 16 years ago

I personally think that the toughest position in football is either QB RB/TB FB or ML. These are the players that have to make the critical decisions, whether to go left or right, hold your position or go for the kill. If a team loses, these are the guys that people will look to crap on first, of the ML shouldve done this or this, the FB should've blocked on the outside rather than the inside... etc etc. O-linemen block the D-linemen. D-linemen are just trying to push the O-linemen.

This is just coming from the perspective of a guy who's never played or watched a real match ever, all I've ever seen is wikipedia and Friday Night Lights the movie and TV series.

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[–] lil_shock_48 16 years ago

Well, TE and QB are the toughest positions to play in my opinion. You have to know everything about the offense (run and pass). Receivers kinda chill on run plays. Linemen usually have it pretty simple on passes. With a TE, you have to read the defense, know when to stay in or when to run out for a pass. You have to pick up blitzes at the last minute, read coverages, and they take a pretty good beating when they catch the ball. QB is just tough. You have to know everything, and make quick decisions when people are right in your face. You have to be a special person to be a QB. They have to be some of the toughest people too, contrary to what most other people believe. You can't really consider defensive positions because all you have to do is pretty much just react.

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[–] BillyyyyShearss 16 years ago

I've played many many different positions, offensively and defensively, and I would say O-Line is the hardest. D-Line is more tiring, but screwing up on O-Line makes a lot more visible mistake most of the time, you can't hold like the defense can, you have to remember all your audibles and assignments, and you can't take plays off; you have to try as hard as you can exerting all your effort every play.

EDIT- Read someone's older comment. THE SLED. Man, when you're pushing a sled and your coach is mad so your pushing through the mud for 30 seconds extra, and half the people give up so your pushing more weight yourself....damn.

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[–] Vdcnsrg 16 years ago

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[–] Fricktator 16 years ago

i think its a tie between center and qb cause when they get good snaps no one says anything about it. But they mess it up one time the coaches just get really pissed.

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[–] ocknights71 16 years ago

I have played both offensive and defensive line throughout high school...
and I say Offensive line ,specifically guard, is by far is the toughest position in football.
Unlike the Defensve line, you must have everything planned out in your head and cannot let anything get in your way, whereas on defense everything is reactive. The most responsibilty rests in the hands of the offensive line, the health of their backfield rest in their hands, literaly. You must know what everyone else on the offense is doing so you know not to miss an assignment. Communication is sooo important and you must all work as a unit and not individuals. They study film for hours every week to know every step the man the will block will take. They endure the most injuries out of every position. Their bodies take the most beating and the weight beared on their knees on every play in incredible. You must be alert and react approriatly when an audible is called or it will be a diaster. You must stay discipline in every play, not causing a false start.
So yea that's what I've learned over the years

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[–] JimKirkpatrik66 16 years ago

Mentally the QB has the toughest job, If the team loses he is the one who is blamed, he has to step up and be a leader. Physically the linemen on either side of the ball have it the toughest job, battling in the trenches is very tough. You don't apreciate lineman until you are one.

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[–] Roy72 15 years ago

I played OG and Center for nearly 20 years so thank everyone for their comments, but I played amateur ball in the UK and often you would have 20 players or less, I remember one game where I played guard and DT/DE and only came off the field for kickoffs and punt returns. I don't know if I was being tough or downright mosochistic.

The one job that I think is for crazies is Kickoff returns, I don't care if I could run a 4.4 40 you'd never get me volunteering for that role.

Roy 72.

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