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Pure 4-3 defense.


heelinfine

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When was the last time the Panthers lost when playing a team that ran a pure 4-3 defense?

If I'm not mistaken, all of our losses last year and this year were against 3-4 defenses.

Seattle runs a hybrid 4-3/3-4.

I honestly think that our offense will be very productive against Cincinnati, and our D gets back on track.

I believe we take this one, I'm more worried about Green Bay and their 3-4 defense next week.

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That may be true, but I don't think Pitt or Baltimore running a 3/4 defense had anything to do with them running the ball thru our defense like a hot knife slicing swiss cheese.

Agreed. It might have something to do with their DLine running through us, though.

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You would think that the people getting paid to gameplan would notice our struggles against 3-4 defenses and plan accordingly...

It's hard for a team to just switch to a 34 week to week. It requires a specific skill set from your players.

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Andy Dalton seems happy to be going against a 4-3 D in the Panthers as well:

What defense does Carolina remind you of?

“They're a four-down team, so it's more similar to what our defense does. We've been going against so many 3-4 teams, so we're kind of going back to certain things that are similar to what our defense does

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