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[QUOTE="bcubs9497, post: 2139364, member: 5049"]
[B]What does a nose tackle do that's different from a defensive tackle in Syracuse's system?[/B]
Pretty sure that our NTs stunt more than NTs on other teams.  Mostly, though, the NT's primary job is two-fold.  First, plug up the middle and stop the run through the A and B gap.  This almost always involves getting doubled up on (and sometimes tripled).  Second, to collapse the pocket and force the QB out.  Then it's up to the DEs, and whomever is blitzing (if/when that happens) to send the QB to an early grave.  Also, incidental to plugging the middle, the NTs are integral in keeping guards from moving out and blocking the linebackers out of a play.

[B]What does it mean when a player is a three technique versus a five technique and so on?[/B]
It refers to where a DT lines up:  a 3 tech usually lines up on the outside shoulder of a guard.  A 5 tech is essentially another term for a DE.  Generally, guys playing 3 tech are bigger and stronger than 5 techs, 5 techs are longer and faster than 3 techs.  NTs are, comparatively, shorter, uglier, tougher, and meaner than any of the other "techs" =D.

[B]What's the A gap versus the B gap and so on?[/B]
The A gap is the space between the center and guard.  The B gap is the space between the guard and tackle.  C gap is the space between a tackle and TE.
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