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Re: Would anyone like to see a 3-4 Defense next year?
I would love a 3-4. It is for sure my favorite defense, and many elite teams run it. However, I will disagree about the Bills having the right personell for the scheme. I dont see Stroud excelling in this scheme, nor do I see him commanding any double teams like Wilfork or Jenkins do.
I would love for the Bills to go after Richard Seymour in free agency, and possibly draft a DT in the first. I doubt Suh is there, but maybe if we pick within the top 6 we can get lucky. We would need an extra LB and 2 DE's to run this scheme IMO. However, we need our coach first.
Re: Would anyone like to see a 3-4 Defense next year?
I think Gabe Watson has been playing NT at Arizona and is a FA - might be an interesting pick up.
There are plenty of 3-4 DE available in R2 likely to include Cameron Hayward, Vince Oghoobaase, Jared Odrick, Mike Neal, Allen Bailey and Arthur Jones.
We can also look at OLB like Shawn Merriman and Chris Gocong
Re: Would anyone like to see a 3-4 Defense next year?
I think Gabe Watson has been playing NT at Arizona and is a FA - might be an interesting pick up.
There are plenty of 3-4 DE available in R2 likely to include Cameron Hayward, Vince Oghoobaase, Jared Odrick, Mike Neal, Allen Bailey and Arthur Jones.
We can also look at OLB like Shawn Merriman and Chris Gocong
Re: Would anyone like to see a 3-4 Defense next year?
Originally posted by The Juice Is Loose
Well I'll tell ya what, Green Bay is running the 3-4 and Clay Matthews, rookie, drafted way after Maybin, has 7 sacks.
I think the difference with Clay is that he played in a 3-4 this year at SC at linebacker, so it wasn't that much of a transition for him. Especially given his history from walk on to full scholarship to 1st rounder. That dude is special.
But like someone said, we don't necessarily need the 3-4 to be the silver bullet to our defensive ills. Heck, if we took a page out of the Cards book with the right personnel using a 3-4 change-up could only help. But I don't think we should look at the 3-4 as the thing that will save the defense, because our roster isn't really built for it.
Re: Would anyone like to see a 3-4 Defense next year?
I've always been of the opinion that good players are far more important than systems. We need better players to play either the 4-3 or the 3-4 well.
Should have known, way back in 1960 when we drafted Richie Lucas Number 1, that this would be a long, hard ride. But who could have known it would be THIS bad?
Re: Would anyone like to see a 3-4 Defense next year?
I hate the c2 but the reality is that we're not even close personnel wise. At a minimum, we'd need a true NT, 1-2 de's (Spencer johnson might suffice as a 3-4 de), 2 lb's, a better man-to-man cb to replace McGee and depth at every position.
I'm not opposed to switching but let's not fool ourselves. We are 2-3 off-seasons away from having a legit 3-4 d.
Re: Would anyone like to see a 3-4 Defense next year?
Why is the 3-4 everyone's favorite defense? is it just because we dont run it (ie. the grass is greener..), or just because it is generally a more attacking-style defense instead of our passive style? I personally have been fairly happy with our D this year, once again the D hasnt even come close to being our biggest issue. if we had a even remotely effective offense, our D would look even better because of the rest, and I feel we would have a winning record. our D is the only thing saving us from being winless.
Re: Would anyone like to see a 3-4 Defense next year?
Stroud, Johnson, and Williams are solid players. I loved how everyone said that if we strengthened the DTs our DEs would play better. Well, that was a fallacy.
Bottom line is that the cover 2 doesn't work because our pass rushers don't get to the QB...ever and our LBs aren't that fast.
Jared Allen was getting double and triple teamed Sunday night. Schobel is never double teamed and he's our best pass rusher.
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