Should we consider switching to a 3-4 next season?

[The Falcon Jedi]

Wade Phillips is as good as gone in Dallas after this season. When he was here as our D-Coordinator we had a very solid - and consistently good - defense. It actually made Keith Brooking a Pro-Bowl player.

Abraham is pretty much done, so we need a new DE anyway to replace him. BVG isnt designing schemes to help these players over-achieve and play beyond their abilities. This defense is way too passive, they cant blitz worth a crap without telegraphing it to the whole world. It's time for a change.

I think Jerry is more suited to be a 3-4 NT. Corey Peters looks like he would be more productive as a 3-4 DE, with Babineaux on the other side. Slide Bierman and Anderson back into OLB positions alongside Lofton and Weatherspoon. Mike Peterson is done, and Nicholas could serve as a backup.

And then we draft a DL to help fill out the 3-4 line this draft. I dont think this is really a bad idea, and I think it would shake things up and work. Especially if we could get Wade Phillips in here as the DC.

Now before you respond with the knee-jerk reactionary responses - think about it for a few minutes before posting.

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Kroy Bierman would be a perfect 3-4 OLB.

[Knight of God]

Well, I'm sorry buddy I just hate the 3-4.

[DaMeatTrough]

How is Jerry a 3-4 NT?

[Radical]

God not this silly shit again.

[Knight of God]

(10-19-2010 04:48 PM)DaMeatTrough Wrote:  How is Jerry a 3-4 NT?

He has a good point man, I just don't like the defense at all.

[The Falcon Jedi]

(10-19-2010 04:48 PM)DaMeatTrough Wrote:  How is Jerry a 3-4 NT?

He's fat and takes up space. And he isnt exactly a "penetrating" type DLineman anyway.

[Knight of God]

(10-19-2010 04:49 PM)The Falcon Jedi Wrote:  He's fat and takes up space. And he isnt exactly a "penetrating" type DLineman anyway.

LOL!!!

[The Falcon Jedi]

If you take a moment to think about it, and think about moving the pieces that we have around into new positions, with a good D-Coordinator (like Phillips) then we have most of what we need already to make it work.

[Radical]

There is absolutely nothing about any of our DTs that say 3-4, nothing.

Babineaux is one of the most prototypical 4-3 UTs in the NFL, Jerry and Peters are both a lot of like him as well.

The only DT we have that is remotely meant to play 3-4 is Trey Lewis, who is 3rd string. No one and nothing about our D even looks remotely 3-4ish.

[The Falcon Jedi]

(10-19-2010 04:52 PM)Radical Wrote:  There is absolutely nothing about any of our DTs that say 3-4, nothing.

Babineaux is one of the most prototypical 4-3 UTs in the NFL, Jerry and Peters are both a lot of like him as well.

The only DT we have that is remotely meant to play 3-4 is Trey Lewis, who is 3rd string. No one and nothing about our D even looks remotely 3-4ish.

That's up to interpretation. Have you actually "Seen" any of these guys play in a 3-4 scheme before? How do you know they cant do it?