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The edge of madness - what’s the difference between a defensive end and an outside linebacker?

When the Denver Broncos drafted Bradley Chubb with the fifth overall pick in 2018 some called him an edge, some called him an outside linebacker and some called him a defensive end. The reason for the confusion was that many NFL fans can’t tell you the difference between the three positions on defense and even whether a distinction exists. So let’s look at the NFL combine to see if a distinction does exist.

For some reason nflcombineresults.com does not have any data for OLBs at the 2020 combine. With that said, all of the other combine data in this come from that site.