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Offensive linemen are football's favorite forgotten men.

Fullbacks were really hip, then the spread offense made them disappear like witness protection. Tight ends have become too prolific to be obsolete. (Thanks, Shannon Sharpe.)

No, offensive linemen are nameless, unimportant, tattooed walls of humanity who will, without fail, be credited at least once for an impending win or loss by the second voice on the broadcast team.

In reality, linemen are what makes the world turn for every offense. And yes, they are underappreciated. (I would know—I was one once.)

But in the spread option, which requires its big boys to pull and trap the same way the Constitution requires ...

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