Bills Sticking w/ 3-4 Defense?

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I didn't listen to the press conference with Buddy Nix, but I was under the impression from everything that's been reported that the Bills were switching to a 4-3. I just checked out the ESPN afc east blog though, and James Walker says the Bills are sticking with the 3-4. The quote and link are below:

Finally, the Bills plan to stick to a 3-4 defense. There's been a lot of talk in Buffalo since the team fired former defensive coordinator George Edwards. Nix said the 3-4 is not as big an issue as people think. Buffalo's priority in the offseason, according to Nix, is to continue to add more players to fit the 3-4 scheme.

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/36814/gm-buddy-nix-bills-want-steve-johnson

So did Nix say in the press conference that we are sticking with the 3-4?

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Re: Bills Sticking w/ 3-4 Defense?

I didn't listen to the press conference with Buddy Nix, but I was under the impression from everything that's been reported that the Bills were switching to a 4-3. I just checked out the ESPN afc east blog though, and James Walker says the Bills are sticking with the 3-4. The quote and link are below:

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/36814/gm-buddy-nix-bills-want-steve-johnson

So did Nix say in the press conference that we are sticking with the 3-4?

No. That seems like a misrepresentation to me. What he said was they ran the 4 front 47% of the time this year so they really play both and will continue to. That's how I took it.

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Re: Bills Sticking w/ 3-4 Defense?

No. That seems like a misrepresentation to me. What he said was they ran the 4 front 47% of the time this year so they really play both and will continue to. That's how I took it.

So maybe he means that they're basically sticking with what they have been doing, which is kind of a hybrid, instead of actually committing to a 4-3.