The offensive line is actually asymmetric: because most running backs run right, the right side gets an extra blocker, and because the best pass rushers line up across from the left tackle, the right tackle faces less ferocious threats—so the asymmetry compounds the left tackle's higher value.
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Michael LewisEvidence Quote
“because most quarterbacks are right-handed and because the best thing a defense can do is hit that quarterback from behind most of the most gifted pass rushers on the defense are lined up on that left”
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