Falcons: with DC gone, is now a good time to consider switch to 3-4 defense?

[FullMetalFalcon23]

(01-09-2012 06:49 PM)Radical Wrote:  I'm not going to get into the rest of your post, but this is just flat out wrong.

The 2000 Ravens defense was a 4-3 defense. Their line had Sam Adams and Tony Siragusa playing DT, with Rob Burnett and Michael McCrary at DE.

Yeah I was going to point that out. The ravens too run hybrid, or at least they used to. Getting N'Gata one on one is a scary thought.

[Radical]

The Ravens right now run a hybrid scheme, but play more of a traditional 4-3 than 3-4 compared to their days with Ryan as their DC.

[juraitwaluzka]

I don't care what we run as long as it's not easy for the opposing OC to exploit.

[nativefalcon]

Yes with Brian Van Gorder gone, unless we could get lucky and snag Spags, I would love them to try to get Mike Nolan and go 3-4. If Abe was saying Goodbye, last night, hes got to be retiring. If we go 3-4 he probably will retire. We have alot of players that could be converted to 3-4 Bierman could be a OLB., size wise, 260-270. We would have to get some pieces thru free agency. We could try to get Kevin Greene as a DC from the Packers, hes the linebackers coach but he alsi had 186 sacks in football history.

[Paprika Neck]

it might be a good strategy aslong as the bulldogs continue to run theirs that'd be a nice little pipeline.

[Knight of God]

(01-09-2012 06:37 PM)Headshot Wrote:  I purposefully left Edwards off because I refuse to acknowledge his existence.

Who?

[juraitwaluzka]

(01-09-2012 08:03 PM)nativefalcon Wrote:  Yes with Brian Van Gorder gone, unless we could get lucky and snag Spags, I would love them to try to get Mike Nolan and go 3-4. If Abe was saying Goodbye, last night, hes got to be retiring. If we go 3-4 he probably will retire. We have alot of players that could be converted to 3-4 Bierman could be a OLB., size wise, 260-270. We would have to get some pieces thru free agency. We could try to get Kevin Greene as a DC from the Packers, hes the linebackers coach but he alsi had 186 sacks in football history.

I don't think he is. I think he was talking about for the first time (or at least the first time in a long time) he is a free agent and just doesn't know what's going to happen.