As more and more teams seem to be moving to a 3-4 defence, are the Bills going to miss the boat again like we were with going with the Tampa 2 after many teams had made the move? It seems a number of players in the draft are suited to the 3-4 and I was wondering how radical a change it would require the team to make to rearrange the roster?
NT - could Williams play this position? At over 300lbs he is bigger than Ratliff at the Cowboys, and about the size of Kelly Gregg of the Ravens who did well in the 3-4 alignment. Would Williams be handling any more in terms of a match-up than he currently does?
RE -if Stroud can play end, then he'll be looking to fight the double team of weakside guard and maybe occupy the left tackle
LE - we have Spencer Johnson who could play this position, dealing the the strongside tackle and tight end.
Key free agent signing would be MIKE WRIGHT of the Patriots with starting experience at both end and nose tackle
ILB - we have both Pozluzny and Mitchell here and with DiGiorgio and Lehman resigned would have decent depth covering both.
OLB - can Schobel play without his hand on the ground? I think he can and is capable of doing so - some fans have even suggested he could move into the LBs in a 4-3 alignment. On the otherside we look at a draft pick - Everette Brown, Brian Orakpo and Aaron Maybin around in R1, with Clint Simtim, Brandon Williams, Cody Brown available lower down in the draft to provide depth.
Despite the lack of a massive NT on the roster it does not seem to me to be that difficult to have a 3-4 defence. There are also several DE's available in the draft who could provide depth on the roster and the change would certainly give Fewell flexibility as the team could still shift to a 4-3
It also allows us to get rid of Ellison, Kelsay and Denney.
NT - could Williams play this position? At over 300lbs he is bigger than Ratliff at the Cowboys, and about the size of Kelly Gregg of the Ravens who did well in the 3-4 alignment. Would Williams be handling any more in terms of a match-up than he currently does?
RE -if Stroud can play end, then he'll be looking to fight the double team of weakside guard and maybe occupy the left tackle
LE - we have Spencer Johnson who could play this position, dealing the the strongside tackle and tight end.
Key free agent signing would be MIKE WRIGHT of the Patriots with starting experience at both end and nose tackle
ILB - we have both Pozluzny and Mitchell here and with DiGiorgio and Lehman resigned would have decent depth covering both.
OLB - can Schobel play without his hand on the ground? I think he can and is capable of doing so - some fans have even suggested he could move into the LBs in a 4-3 alignment. On the otherside we look at a draft pick - Everette Brown, Brian Orakpo and Aaron Maybin around in R1, with Clint Simtim, Brandon Williams, Cody Brown available lower down in the draft to provide depth.
Despite the lack of a massive NT on the roster it does not seem to me to be that difficult to have a 3-4 defence. There are also several DE's available in the draft who could provide depth on the roster and the change would certainly give Fewell flexibility as the team could still shift to a 4-3
It also allows us to get rid of Ellison, Kelsay and Denney.
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