Hugepatsfan
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Yeah DL is always going to be rotational if you have enough depth. Just makes sense to keep guys fresh.
When people say "every down players" on the DL I don't think it's usually meant in terms of snap count though. I think it's meant more that the player isn't a specialist. It sounds good in theory to play your run stuffers against the run and pass rushers vs. the pass but it's not like offenses can't exploit that. You throw in your big run stuffers and they can check to a pass play. Or vice versa. So it's not about literally playing every down, just being able to play on every kind of down.
Now every team wants those guys and they don't grow on trees so you're going to have to live with some "situational" players, but to the extent you can minimize that it leaves you less susceptible to being exploited.
