whats the most important position in football

[bengalsLB]

PERSONALLY I THINK ITS LINEBACKERS

[CBin2k7]

It's hard to say what's the most important because I am stuck between O-line and D-line. I feel both of those positions control the game and if you have a good line it makes the rest of the unit much better.

[AGrizzlyBaer]

but of course the general of the battle field

[StripesNTn]

It is the lines, and i will say o-line more important can make avg qb and rb look good.

[jditty47]

any position is 10 times easier than QB. QB by FAR.

[bengalsLB]

any position is 10 times easier than QB. QB by FAR.

yes other positions have it so easy running , breaking tackles, tackling,covering

taking on blockers, blocking is so easy thats not physicaly demanding or punishing.

QB is an over gloryfid positions. the only thing that dosen't make a QB the easiest

position is that QBs get blamed for losses but they also get most of the credit for winning

[CBin2k7]

any position is 10 times easier than QB. QB by FAR.

I would love for a QB to tell one of his offensive lineman that his position is easy.

Try reading defenses from his back.

[ShulaSteakhouse]

If you're talking about one position, yes, QB.

[turnip]

The O-line is more important than the QB himself, but as far as single-positions go, no single offensive lineman is more important than the QB.

No one else touches the ball almost every play.

[CBin2k7]

No one else touches the ball almost every play.

The center does.

[turnip]

No one else touches the ball almost every play.

The center does.

lol...true

[Kazkal]

Coach

[walshfan]

Quarterback ...no question...

[alense]

The Bengals have had good players at all of the positions but QB from 1990-2002. How well did we perform all of those years? Oh yeah, that's right. QB hands down! I'm just happy we finally have one. :player:

[NJ29]

I said safety, just because I am one. :player:

[Sox]

Six out of the last ten number one picks were QB's.

One position getting 60% of the last number one picks speaks volumes.

[CBin2k7]

The Bengals have had good players at all of the positions but QB from 1990-2002. How well did we perform all of those years? Oh yeah, that's right. QB hands down! I'm just happy we finally have one. :player:

If we break the offensive line down to one position only then I would say QB. But as a collective unit a QB that is good and talented can go no where laying on his back every play. And a RB that is great (Barry Sanders is only exception) can go no where without good o-line play.

Ask David Carr. When they finally gave him time to throw the ball he gets the most out of his abilities.

Now it also takes a good QB with good game smarts to avoid some sacks. But I feel the o-line is a vastly underrated part of the game.

A great offensive line can make a bad quarterback look good.

[The_Next_Big_Thing]

Center is the most important position of all. The play starts there.

[jditty47]

center is the 2nd most important. not first.

[UKstripes]

The Center is the most important guy on the O-Line because in most schemes he controls the blocking assignments and adjustments for the line - that's why we keep bringing Rich Braham back and have been so damn picky about drafting a Center - and the Center handles the ball on EVERY SINGLE PLAY. If he makes any kinda mistake, no-one can rectify it. The O-line is more important as a unit than any individual position - good O-Lines make average/poor QB's and RB's look better than they are.

O-Line, the D-Line is the most important. Rememebr the key to winning has for so long been said to be "Establish your running game, and stop their running game". That says O-line and D-Line are the most important, and this can be proved in Madden; draft LaDanian Tomlinson and a crappy O-Line - watch your offence implode. On the other hand, run a rookie halfback behind the 5 best O-linemen in the league and go for 5 yards a pop. When they stack the box to stop the run, you go to the air, but you can only pass if your pass pro is good...

[Ickey44]

The center doesn't get the ball to where it needs to go. The quarterback does. The quarterback is basically a coach on the field. He has to direct traffic, and let people know what they did wrong. But, football is also a team sport. If one part doesn't work, none of it does. So it's really hard to say definately which one is more important than the other. I say they're all important.

[The_Next_Big_Thing]

The center doesn't get the ball to where it needs to go. The quarterback does. The quarterback is basically a coach on the field. He has to direct traffic, and let people know what they did wrong. But, football is also a team sport. If one part doesn't work, none of it does. So it's really hard to say definately which one is more important than the other. I say they're all important.

Excuse me? If the center doesn't get the ball to where it needs to go, they call it a busted play. There are plays in the NFL that don't use the QB at all. You can directly snap the ball to the running back. However, there are NO plays where the center doesn't touch the ball. Without the center, the QB is dead.

The QB is a coach on the field? His job is to call the play that his coach gives him via headset. It's not like it used to be where the QB called all the plays at the line. There are still audibles, but the QB only calls the play about 10% of the time. He does direct his backfield and receivers, 4 people, telling them where to go. (RB, FB, WR, WR). The center, on the other hand, directs blocking schemes, telling his two tackles, his tight end, and his two guards what to do and who to block.

Dream on if you think QB is so crucial. IF it's so important, why are there so many QBs in the league whos only job is to NOT LOSE the game for their team?

[walkthechalk]

O-Line, the D-Line is the most important. Rememebr the key to winning has for so long been said to be "Establish your running game, and stop their running game". That says O-line and D-Line are the most important, and this can be proved in Madden; draft LaDanian Tomlinson and a crappy O-Line - watch your offence implode. On the other hand, run a rookie halfback behind the 5 best O-linemen in the league and go for 5 yards a pop. When they stack the box to stop the run, you go to the air, but you can only pass if your pass pro is good...

True dat. The education you can get from a video game is incredible......

[HoosierCat]

Dream on if you think QB is so crucial. IF it's so important, why are there so many QBs in the league whos only job is to NOT LOSE the game for their team?

Implicit within "not losing" the game is that the QB indeed has the power to singlehandedly lose...or win...a football game. In other words, you are absolutely right...but that only provides support for the argument that the QB is the most important position. When have you ever heard "all the outside linebacker has to do is not lose the game" or "all the tight end has to do is not lose the game"?

IMHO, QB is the answer, hands-down. Now, if you are talking about units instead of individual positions (and the poll conflates the two), I agree with those who say the o-line.

[jditty47]

saying the center is more important than the qb is ridiculous. for real.