Quote:I'm curious as to why? For the most part, our personnel would fit a 3-4 scheme just fine.

1.  I don't think our personnel fits a 3-4 just fine.  I don't think we have the LBs for it.  Telvin Smith and Jack would have to be replaced right off the bat.  Poz did not work well in the 3-4 when he was up in Buffalo and he had a stud NT in front of him-something we wouldn't have here this year, barring a signing of Dontari Poe.  The best case scenario would be a blitzing 3-4 scheme that would utilize Ngakoue and Fowler as OLBs, but that still wouldn't address the middle of the defense.

 

2.  I think historically, the most dominant defenses in NFL history have been 4-3 schemes.

 

3.  3-4 defenses are typically size dependent, and historically have not fared well without a huge DLs (NTs in particular) and big LBs.

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