Thurman#1 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Just here's the question: Are we closer to a playoff-caliber defense by adding players to our current 4-3/Cover-2 scheme, or by adding players and changing schemes to a standard 3-4? Exactly. And the answer is that regardless of what we have now, we're about 2 - 3 years and a complete rebuild away from a successful 3 - 4 defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020 Our Year For Sure Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Is there any reason why guys like Stroud, Williams and Spencer Johnson couldn't play Defensive End in a 3-4? This obviously isn't happening, just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fewell733 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Is there any reason why guys like Stroud, Williams and Spencer Johnson couldn't play Defensive End in a 3-4? This obviously isn't happening, just curious. I don't see why not if we really wanted to make it happen for some reason. Kyle Williams might be a little short for a DE though at 6'1. Generally 3-4 DE's seem to be 6'3 or taller. Baltimore plays Justin Bannan as a DE and that works fine for them. We'd still need a true nose tackle though - putting Stroud at nose would probably be a waste of his talents, and he'd probably be only serviceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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