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The 3-4 Shift


Mr. Scot

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5 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

3-4 defenses are often vulnerable to the run.

Gotta say we're looking that way so far.

we were vulnerable to runs up the middle in the 4-3. Now those same DTs are still making us vulnerable in the 3-4. And people here have been trying to tell me we're fine at DL in the 3-4. lol.

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6 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Previous Years: "You don't take the best 4-3 middle linebacker in the game and try to turn him into a 3-4 ILB."

This Past Offseason: "We're changing to a 3-4? Well, I've got my doubts but I hope it works."

Present Day: "$#@&!"

We’ve been reporting on this for months. We were highly skeptical of the move. The biggest thing we noticed was Luke getting swallowed up by guards in and FB’s. Now they’re back in a 43 base, and 59 is flying around making 20 tackles. This felt like more of something Tepper wanted to do.

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4 minutes ago, ellis said:

We’ve been reporting on this for months. We were highly skeptical of the move. The biggest thing we noticed was Luke getting swallowed up by guards in and FB’s. Now they’re back in a 43 base, and 59 is flying around making 20 tackles. This felt like more of something Tepper wanted to do.

A meddling owner ? Oh hell, I sure hope not.  If that’s the case this team will never have another shot at a super bowl.  

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We went to 3-4 to be more competitive in a pass happy league, and in particular a heavy passing division. This was to be the transition year with something of a hybrid between the two.

All I've really seen is a bit better pass coverage, a pretty anemic pass rush, and a near disappearance of Luke when in the 3-4 defense.

We might get better and find our stride, but Luke can (and has been) the most dominant linebacker in the game, why do anything to bury him?

And on another note, I've never seen a softer Panthers defense, heck entire team. We've sure got a lot of high paycheck, low effort guys.

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