3-4 Defense

[Mr. Scot]

Full time, no hybrid, all but confirmed.

So if we continue the tradition, I guess next offseason people will be starting threads speculating that we should switch to a 4-3.

[JARROD]

I think we still need another Short type like a Gerald Willis but yep, we going

[TheSpecialJuan]

good 

[Trill OG]

I said it before the draft if we are moving to a 3-4 expect us to target athletic long OLB's with the ability to rush and drop into coverage. We got 2 studs in Burns/Miller who will fit the 3-4 perfectly. Besides the Grier pick in the 3rd Hurney pretty much nailed this draft. We could have used the Grier pick on a starting FS and our defense would have been fixed overnight.

At least we now have a backup QB for Cam that we can develop. Hopefully Cam bounces back and QB is no longer a question moving forward for another 5 years at least.lol

[LinvilleGorge]

Curious to see what we plan to do at the DE spots. 

[LinvilleGorge]

3 minutes ago, Trill OG said:

I said it before the draft if we are moving to a 3-4 expect us to target athletic long OLB's with the ability to rush and drop into coverage. We got 2 studs in Burns/Miller who will fit the 3-4 perfectly. 

Uh... yeah. That's kinda obvious.

[Fox007]

Good

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Curious to see what we plan to do at the DE spots. 

I had thought Vernon Butler was gone but now I actually kinda wonder...

Maybe he takes one of those spots.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

I had thought Vernon Butler was gone but now I actually kinda wonder...

Maybe he takes one of those spots.

I think he actually fits better backing up Poe at NT than he does as a five tech.

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I think he actually fits better backing up Poe at NT than he does as a five tech.

Disagree on that. He was always meant to be insurance for Short and I think they see him as having the same profile.

I believe they'll put him at DE. I just question whether it will be as a starter or a backup.

[mc52beast]

I’m glad Marty and Ron decided to say F-U to the safety position, am sure Colin will again show this year why he is so valuable to the team

[stirs]

When first rounder is a pure 34 OLB, you had better not be drafting that high for a situational player.

We will be a 34 D

Not sure how our ILB's and DL will shake out

[Trill OG]

11 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Curious to see what we plan to do at the DE spots. 

We will probably draft a 0 tech who can play the Short role.

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

Disagree on that. He was always meant to be insurance for Short and I think they see him as having the same profile.

He doesn't have any burst or bend to offer anything as a five tech. People seem to have a false impression of this guy's athleticism. He was 5.33 guy with mediocre three cone and shuttle times. He may have looked good against his subpar college competition, but for a small school guy those workouts should've been big red flags that he very well might not translate to the NFL. His workouts said JAG and they proved to be foretelling.

I'm not a huge workout guy, but I do think they matter a lot more to the small school guys who went up against lesser competition.