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Getting their nose dirty: a nose tackle is a human shock absorber. He gets pounded on every play and hammered from every angle. It's a high-pain, no-glory job--and essential to the success of the 3-4 defense.(NFL)(nose tackle)
Imagine walking down a crowded New York sidewalk and colliding head-on with someone heading in the other direction. While the two of you try to disengage, another guy sideswipes you. Then, someone else shoves you from the other side. These other pedestrians are big, strong and wear heavy body padding, and the jostling continues block after block after block.
Now you know how it feels to be a 3-4 nose tackle in the NFL. Sort of. "To play that position, you really have to be a stud" says the Raiders' Ted Washington, 36, who is playing nose tackle for the 14th season and with his sixth team. "You get pounded on every play."
"You've got to be a bad ass to ...
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