3-4 next year anyone?

[fieryprophet]

Oh my god, when will people realize there's a hell of a lot more to a 3-4 than simple alignments.

[WOW!!]

Star lost weight?

Just a theory by me to explain his struggle holding up against the run this year.

[natty]

Just a theory by me to explain his struggle holding up against the run this year.

 

Sophomore slump.  It gets harder to do your job the more film other teams have on you.  That's when technique comes in.

[IamSoClutch]

lol if Gettleman drafted another pass rusher in the first two rounds, neglecting OL and offensive weapons, this board would literally melt down.

Brace yourself. It's possible

[CPF4LIFE]

Just a theory by me to explain his struggle holding up against the run this year.

 

Didnt know he was doing a bad job

[KillerKat]

I have some questions. How do other teams prepare the switch from 4-3 to 3-4? They don't spend years preparing for it right? Some don't even know they're going to do it until that offseason and make preparations before the season begins. So with that in mind, couldn't we?

[Zithers]

imagine thinking TD could play 3-4 OLB lmao

 

if we switched to a 3-4 right now it'd be

 

DE: Star Lotulelei/KK Short

DT: KK Short/Star Lotulelei

DE: Dwan Edwards

OLB: Mario Addison

ILB: Thomas Davis

ILB: Luke Kuechly

OLB: Charles Johnson

[carolina-chuck]

lol if Gettleman drafted another pass rusher in the first two rounds, neglecting OL and offensive weapons, this board would literally melt down.

Not if Gman somehow goes out and get us two starting OTs in FA.

[General_Purr]

Why not both? 

 

Take the best of all of them and make a slick D playbook. Hybrid... TD is very versatile. But if you asked Ron I think he would say we do do that when we have the personal. Like with Hardy, he stuck him every where. Those players are huge weapons, Clowney, Aldon Smith, Peppers.

[bigdog10]

Oh my god, when will people realize there's a hell of a lot more to a 3-4 than simple alignments.

 

 It shall never happen

[magnus]

it's quite simple.  

 

Not unlike the offense, scheme and playcalling don't matter if there's not execution.  

 

Two, since most defenses are one-gap anyway, the 3-4/4-3 thing is essentially up to whoever your edge rushers are and who you're blitzing. 

 

CJ, Star, and KK are fine inside rushers - you have to essentially choose, however, to buy two OLB, and let CJ rush inside, or buy a cruddy run stopping DT for the other end and find one impact OLB.   You could also pencil in Horton and Addison in as mis-fit OLB backups, I guess. 

 

Current state, you're hoping that year 2 for Ealy gets better and Alexander adds some depth, and that's pretty much it.   

 

So, for the 3-4, you have an interesting front that basically means they're lining up a little differently and still covering a gap in front of TD/Luke, so, essentially, no change; you don't have much pass rush at all.   You need at least two players. 

 

And, for the 4-3, you're hoping for growth out of one or two players, who will battle with at least one or two other existing options.   So, you need zero players. 

 

And of those two options, keep in mind that the base defense plays about 40% of snaps nowadays. 

 

 

 

In an offseason that will inevitably require most likely 2 safeties, maybe a corner if there's time, at least one OT, a PR/deep threat WR, and God forbid a back that will be around after 2015, the defensive front doesn't rate tremendously high in my mind at this point.  Maybe a backup DT since Cole isn't good. 

[beastson]

I thought about this too as I watched NO/San Fran

 

I wonder if Rivera did bring it in 2011, what would we look like today? Cause 3 out of his 4 years the defense has been garbage

[WOW!!]

Sophomore slump. It gets harder to do your job the more film other teams have on you. That's when technique comes in.

He's not demanding the double teams he did last year. But again it was just a theory. A lot player think if they get lighter they get faster and Star has been all about improving as a pass rusher.

[JawnyBlaze]

Not if Gman somehow goes out and get us two starting OTs in FA.

 

Two starting OTs, Raji AND signing Cam long term?  Gettleman would legitimately earn the "Gettlemagic" meme