[Redrum]

But here's a simple explanation to decode a common defensive coachspeak:

http://www.dawgsbynature.com/2011/4/11/2082375/draft-terminology-the-three-technique-and-the-five-technique

You start hearing this first when a high school player is being recruited and evaluated.

"But when you read that a guy is a "best fit as a 3 technique" the term brings a bit of baggage with it--it is being used to try to explain what the player is good at doing from this alignment and what teams will ask him to do.

After all, I can line up at the 3-technique in an NFL defense, anyone can. But once the ball is snapped, I'd be snapped too (in half)."

[Redrum]

But here's a simple explanation to decode a common defensive coachspeak:

http://www.dawgsbynature.com/2011/4/11/2082375/draft-terminology-the-three-technique-and-the-five-technique

You start hearing this first when a high school player is being recruited and evaluated.

"But when you read that a guy is a "best fit as a 3 technique" the term brings a bit of baggage with it--it is being used to try to explain what the player is good at doing from this alignment and what teams will ask him to do.

After all, I can line up at the 3-technique in an NFL defense, anyone can. But once the ball is snapped, I'd be snapped too (in half)."