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I told my linemen to be tough, push them back, and I'd do the rest.

Austin Davis

Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what makes them the biggest guys on the field.

John Madden

The thing that separates him from a lot of linemen is his mobility. He's got real good feet for a tall guy.

Chuck Jordan

We have our D-line back, injury-free, and those guys are keeping the linemen off us at linebacker and allowing us to make plays. We weren't able to do that last year.

Carlos Emmons

Before that drive, I told the offensive linemen that this was their drive, ... When you can run the ball consistently, that gives you a chance to run the clock and wear down the opponents.

Kyle Hall

I was really fortunate. Tom created a great group of linemen and it was my job was not to screw it up.

Bill Laveroni

It's all starts with footwork. Both backs taking angles, the linemen taking angles and getting defensive linemen and linebackers to flow. Even we don't know where the ball may end up at. It may go front side, it may come all the way back.

Justin Griffith

It was good for us to experience a game like this because we have had our way the first four games. That second drive of ours was crucial, because it was a big confidence-builder for them. My hat's off to them. They were prepared and they frustrated our linemen.

Shawn Mcdowell

Their sophomore year, I put the guys down as defensive linemen to make them tough. I did the same thing with Pepper Johnson and Kevin Brooks.

Bob Dozier

The linemen were doing their job and I wouldn't be running if it wasn't for them.

Derrick Jackson

A bigger offensive line wears down faster. [Faster linemen] are like gnats. They're all over you.

Jeremy Mincey

A lot of big plays happened when things broke down, ... The linemen picked up their blocks and guys got open.

Chris Cooley

Jason is hard to see behind the big linemen, and he makes you miss, ... He's got kind of a jittery running style.

Blue Devils

He's just a strong back. It's hard to tackle him with an arm tackle. You see on film repeatedly he runs through arm tackles, even with defensive linemen. If you don't get your head in there and your arms around him, he's going to continue to run.

Barrett Green

They have better linemen than we do.

John Waller

If (defensive linemen are holding) a ton, you might get (one penalty) a game, ... You just have to get those guys off you.

Jeremy Newberry

Linemen are like a sports team ­— a pretty close-knit group of guys.

Matt Groseclose

I feel like I could be a first day pick. This is going to be a big year for offensive linemen.

Jabari Levey

As offensive linemen, we take pride on someone else doing good. If Clinton doesn't have a great day, we immediately feel that it's our fault. So we need to get this going quickly.

Casey Rabach

They're going to be great — big and mostly experienced. I can't say enough about the linemen.

Luke Taylor

I think they (Massac County) are better this year. Their linemen are good because they block and they run.

Fred Heinz

When you hang with a bunch of 300-pound linemen, you tend to find the places that are the greasiest and serve the most food.

Tom Brady

These guys are linemen and I was a lineman. It's as much about pride as anything.

Terry Adkins

I kind of think it's out there now. There are enough linemen coming from B.C. that people know about it.

Chris Snee

I was not being chased by 300-pound linemen.

Ted Sauder

D.J.'s is one of our best linemen and obviously Josh is an outstanding running back. It changed our game plan a bit.

Chris Barrett

Defensively, it's the best group we've had since '96 or '97. Our down linemen are better and we're deeper.

Larry Haylor

I don't know if he's dysfunctional or (if it's because) defensive linemen take a lot of shots to the head.

Milt Stegall

The thing about linemen is they got to be athletes - you don't want the big fat guys that can't move. We have guys with good feet, and that's what you want.

Mark Mchale

They're going to line up foot-to-foot and just pound it at you with their big linemen.

Bobby Humphries

I can't say enough about our line. We were able to move our linemen around and get them some good angles. Obviously, Daniel will say that's always the key for him. They make the holes and he just runs through them.

Tim Able

When the ball is snapped, you see it all develop with the guys up front. A lot of teams complain about our linemen cutting, but our guys get the defense on the ground, and that gives our tailback a chance to see where the hole might be.

Justin Griffith

Sapp is the last of the great D-linemen. They don't make them like Sapp anymore, ... This should be his best opportunity to show what he's got.

Frank Middleton

I just followed my two linemen. They made some great blocks and I took off from there.

Seth Wentworth

In high school, he was a man playing amongst boys. He was 215 pounds playing running back. He was bigger than some of the linemen blocking for him. He wasn't a lot of fun to hit in high school.

Dave Logan

That drive is what really sealed it for us. Our linemen really took over and drove us down the field when we needed it.

Joe Gallagher

I have to see where the defense and my linemen are, ... I have to set them up in the right place to make the right blocks.

Bryson Sumlin

They've got running backs with size and they've got linemen as big as ours. And they're always a well coached team.

Rocky Patchin

You could put one of the linemen back there.

Dominique Byrd

I saw a piece on ESPN about Grayson High School [in Georgia]. All of their linemen were between 385 and 340 pounds. I don't know how they get that big.

John Casson

The defensive linemen that we have, they're really good. They're the reason that our linebackers are doing so well this year. They've been keeping the linemen off of us, so I have to give credit to them.

Dustin Davis

Only one of them is a junior. It doesn't matter who you put in the backfield. You've got to have someone hammering away at those defensive linemen. They also give us time to throw the ball.

Lou Geary

They're everywhere. Sometimes all four of the defensive linemen will be standing up.

Daniel Inman

By the last game, we had the place packed. We even had offensive linemen with their bodies painted. It was almost like a regular college.

Megan Vrabel

Our defense has to be good to compete in the West Suburban Silver. We have the best four defensive linemen in the Silver.

Cecil Ratliff

I wasn't trying to do too much. I was just trying to hit the holes and show my speed. I appreciate the linemen opening the holes up.

Jamaal Charles

These are the games d-linemen live for. We were grooving.

Rien Long

Offensive linemen arent real athletes.

Anthony Weaver

I thought we did a pretty good job. Our linemen were able to maintain their blocks, allowing us to run inside and get outside too.

Keith Sinclair

We didn't have any linemen back last year, now we have three all-district kids. I'm sure I'd really like having those guys up front.

Lee Sandy

I don't want to give myself too much credit. It's all my linemen. They did everything.

Reggie Sheffield

We had a wall set up and I just went around my linemen and scored. I put my head down and went in.

Justin Brouse

We can penetrate and give the offensive linemen a fight.

Ryan Barnes

Our guys are going to come and play. When the quarterback drops back, you're going to see one of those D-linemen in there. That's something we're focused on.

Steve Burch

Our D-linemen are pretty good about doing what they have to do.

Josh Lazaro

Their defensive package is nuts. They come from everywhere. I'll have a handful of players to block. It could be a two or three different d-linemen, it could be two or three different linebackers so I'd say five or six different guys I could be blocking.

Eric Steinbach

True to form, we got great kids out of the area. It's a very diverse group. We got some big linemen and some great skill kids, too.

Ed Meierkort