(11-23-2024, 12:13 PM)Jag88 Wrote: Well, it’s easier to find four good linebackers than it is to find four good d line. Anyways the next coach needs to attack with blitzes. That’s so important.

Hmm, I'm not sure I agree with this.  Essentially you have to have 2 great edge players, regardless of the "base" defense, and I consider that to be the hardest (and most impactful) player(s) to find.  In the classic 3-4, the DLmen (LE, NT, RE) are space/block-eaters and are somewhat easier to find.  In the classic 4-3, you're looking for a solid NT and a penetrating 3-tech (another hard position to find.)

But at the end of the day, the best defenses are building a 4-2-5 defense--the actual base defense--and that's regardless of the 4-3/3-4 choice.  I would say that having the option to go big-nickel (S/WLB) in the 3rd CB position, and small-nickel (quick CB) is what fills up the most often used D.

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