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switching to 3-4?

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From the Steelers story...

"Would I come in and blow everything up just for the sake of doing it because this is my initial plan? No, you can't do that," Rivera said. "You can't ask the player personnel department to all of the sudden scrap all of the players you have and try and find everything to fit automatically. In Pittsburgh, you look at the players they have and it would almost be like trying to put a round peg in a square hole. You just can't do that."

He's not going to switch us to a 3-4.

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From the Steelers story...

He's not going to switch us to a 3-4.

Of course it's highly unlikely.

But it has been done as recently as 2009. The Packers are in just their 2nd year since switching to a 3-4 defense. And yet, they were #2 in the NFL in points allowed this year. Very impressive. It can and has been done.

And in fact 5 of the top 8 teams in the NFL on the fewest points allowed leader board employed the 3-4 this season.

It won't happen in Carolina but worse things could happen.

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I love the fact that Rivera has coached a 4-3 and 3-4 defense successfully for two different teams. While I don't think we will be a 3-4 defense next year we could possibly switch in the future and having a coach that knows how to coach both styles successfully is great to have.

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