Oregon Ducks Defensive Line Coach Tony Tuioti Discusses Defensive Linemen's Weight Gain And How They Are Better For It

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00:00I think we're on the left there.

00:05But you mentioned Tiona is like 345.

00:08He's not the only one around that size.

00:09I'm wondering with Terrence and he and Jericho,

00:12are they athletic enough to play together?

00:14Could there be situations where you see that

00:16or just kind of are those guys strictly a nose tackle?

00:19Yeah, no, they're athletic enough to play together.

00:21You know, Terrence Green is another large human being that's 6'6".

00:25They're both about 345.

00:28You know, we go back and look at, like, how much weight can they lose?

00:31They're just big humans, you know, and they can carry that weight.

00:34So it's hard to find those kind of men and be able to play that position,

00:39and we're fortunate enough to have them in there.

00:41But, you know, they also can provide that interior pass for us

00:44that we need to as well.

00:45You know, with their long hands and long levers,

00:47they can put their hands up there and make it really difficult

00:49for quarterbacks to get balls off, you know,

00:51so we can get some batted balls too as well

00:53if they can't get to the quarterback.

00:57And so, once you get to the plate