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But in today's game many formations are symmetrical, so there is no strong or weak side in the run game. It's not like back in the day where your strong-side DE had to deal with Tight Ends and Fullbacks. But like you said, they both need to be able to do the same things. Both Defensive Ends are...

We're not talking about "strong side defensive end" and weight in here?

Exactly what I'm implying. LOL We don't even use a "strongside DE". There is no strong side versus a 5-man line. SDE is archaic and applies to when football was played in a phone booth and teams used inline TE's. I guess nobody notices that our DE's stay on the same side most of the time...

Huh? Why?

Neither one of those things would determine how much weight a Defensive End needs to be.

Can somebody tell me exactly what a "strong side DE" is versus the spread offense? Where does he line-up when there's no Tight End?