Kiwibrown Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 What are the easiest and most difficult positions to play in the NFL? I imagine that FB and RB are the easiest on offense. Then SS and DT are the easiest on defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilenFroggen Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Its gotta be corner. Breathe wrong and it's an automatic first down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellChippy Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Quarterback and cornerback are the hardest. Tight end seems easy. They dont have to be a great blocker and sometimes get forgot about in coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cddolphin Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Cornerbacks have to combine being the most athletic/twitchy guys on defense and also need to process things extremely quickly post-snap. I'd go with them for hardest position (outside of the obvious answer QB). I feel like a 0- or 1-gap DT would be by far the easiest position to play mentally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAF-N72EX Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 The more responsibilities you have, the harder your job is. And that goes for anything. Free Safety and QB. Which is largely part of the reason why it is so hard to find consistent quality play at those positions. Both positions come with the most responsibilities on each side of the ball. And neither are tied to any particular scheme either. It doesn't matter if it's a west coast, a spread, a power run offense or a 3-4, 4-3, over, under, nickel, man, zone, hybrid, 4-6 or a goal-line formation.......the QB and FS positions will always remain the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 2 hours ago, KellChippy said: Tight end seems easy. They dont have to be a great blocker and sometimes get forgot about in coverage. A TE that is “good” has it rough.. I mean good enough that the offense knows they need to account for you. you’re getting hit at the LOS, hit at the top of your route, mauled as you’re going up for the pass and if you’re a good blocker your expected to battle it out in the trenches as well. But yes I agree for the most part. If you’re a “meh” TE that sometimes blocks and occasionally catches a dump pass, that isn’t too bad. Depending on the weekly matchups you might hardly see the field some times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelKing728 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Kicker... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 QB, surely? You've got to do your job and direct everyone else on offense to do theirs, whilst reading the defence pre/post snap, whilst having 300lbers trying to decapitate you. Corner looks ridiculously hard, too. Just always at a disadvantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullsandBroncos Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Corner and it used to be defensive end as well for me, but now since the NFL is so one dimensional compared to say 10-15 years ago when we were still more of a 2 dimensional league and running the ball was still important. Now guys can be tracks stars right out of college, learn 2 or 3 pass rush moves, and make the pro bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaguarCrazy2832 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 50 minutes ago, BullsandBroncos said: Corner and it used to be defensive end as well for me, but now since the NFL is so one dimensional compared to say 10-15 years ago when we were still more of a 2 dimensional league and running the ball was still important. Now guys can be tracks stars right out of college, learn 2 or 3 pass rush moves, and make the pro bowl. Wasnt too long ago that 1-dimensional pass rush specialists only saw the field on 3rd down because they couldnt stop the run. Now DCs look for any way to get them out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullsandBroncos Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 31 minutes ago, JaguarCrazy2832 said: Wasnt too long ago that 1-dimensional pass rush specialists only saw the field on 3rd down because they couldnt stop the run. Now DCs look for any way to get them out there Yup. Now they are all starters and play the whole game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyBacall Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Nickel corner in man coverage. At least corners on the perimeter have the ability to use the boundary to their advantage, covering a smaller portion of the field in comparison to slot. Nickel corners have to cover inside in which the slot receiver can abuse any area of the field from the jump. Not to mention they’re usually smaller and quicker than boundary receivers. It would be like trying to cover a chicken. I think Chris Harris Jr. is underrated in his ability/reputation in this respect. It’s also why I always thought Richard Sherman was overrated. Leon Hall was one of the most underrated players in the league for a long time. Dude dominated the slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Beyond QB, you could probably list any position in the secondary, depending on the defense and a particular players responsibilities. Some safeties have more responsibility than others, so safety CAN be just as hard as corner. Center seems like it would be quite hard to play as well. You have to be able to make line adjustments, call out blitzers, listen to the snap count in often times very loud situations, snap the ball accurately and on time and snap to blocking position really fast and obviously, block effectively against usually the strongest defender on the DLine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gnat Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 QB and CB are the hardest two I'd think. Nose Tackle/Fullback are probably two of the "easier" in terms of having a very specific thing to do each play that isn't going to deviate too much from that. I know someone said RB, but I think that would come with some challenges. Not just because of the knocks that you'd be taking, but also the vision, learning to see a play as it develops in front of you and knowing what cuts to make when would be tough, which is why there aren't a ton of great RB's, but are a lot of solid ones. Not having that vision can still be masked by offensive line play, but to truly be elite requires a ton of skills, even beyond vision, blitz pick-up and route running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areksoo Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Easiest is long snapper. With all the new rules, do they even have to block anymore? Hardest is QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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