Picture an old-school football coach. Some grizzled dude in glasses with a whistle hanging around his neck, yelling to his players during practice. Waving his clipboard around. Maybe he’s even a line coach.
“Football games are won and lost in the trenches!”
“You need to be strong at the point of attack!”
“You build a team from the line of scrimmage out!”
All those old football aphorisms may sound a bit cliched, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t truth to them, even in today’s NFL that’s centered around the passing game. The line of scrimmage is no less important now than it was 50 years ago.