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A Look Back at the Great Bruce Smith


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I didn't get to watch Bruce, bit before my football education started. I was going through his sacks from 1990 on Youtube, I've never seen anyone move off the snap so easily. Half the time, he's halfway upright by the time the snap hits the QB.

He damn near killed Norman Esiason on one play where he was the only one moving on either side of the line at the snap. IIRC.

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A lot of people hold Reggie White in higher regard, but to really appreciate what Bruce did you have to understand that playing in a 3-4 defense he saw double teams the majority of the time and sacks typically come from the rush linebackers not the DE, while Reggie saw a lot of single blocks playing his career in a 4-3 look where it the DE responsibility is to provide sacks. Bruce was the better athlete.

And he would register 100+ tackles most seasons which is also incredible for the position he played.

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