The Duff Man
Footballguy
Anyone have a list of which teams are expected to be playing 3-4 defense next year?
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Which teams play 3-4? (1 Viewer)
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The Man With No Name
Footballguy
NY Jets
Cleveland
New England
Baltimore
Dallas
San Diego
Miami
Pittsburgh
San Francisco ?
Cleveland
New England
Baltimore
Dallas
San Diego
Miami
Pittsburgh
San Francisco ?
Miami has mixed in some 3-4 the last couple of years, but they're primarily a 4-3 team.Houston has switched to a 3-4, iirc.SF is a 3-4 team.
The Man With No Name
Footballguy
Houston is 4-3. They were 3-4 in 2005.
coolnerd
Footballguy
Pinned in the IDP area everything you wanted to know about defensive schemes
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...howtopic=300533
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...howtopic=300533
Exile
Footballguy
Are the Steelers still going 3-4 or is Mike Tomlin changing to a 4-3?
derek19
Footballguy
49ers | Team will switch to a 3-4 schemeSun, 11 Mar 2007 11:11:49 -0800
Dennis Georgatos, of the San Jose Mercury News, reporting for the Sporting News, reports the San Francisco 49ers plan to use a 3-4 scheme in 2007, which is favored by head coach Mike Nolan. In the past two years, the team played mostly 4-3 because it kept getting set back by injuries, depth issues, and the lack of a wide-bodied nose tackle.
The new defensive coordinator, Greg Manusky, has coached a 3-4 scheme under Wade Phillips for the past few years.49ers | Team will switch to a 3-4 scheme
Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:11:49 -0800
Dennis Georgatos, of the San Jose Mercury News, reporting for the Sporting News, reports the San Francisco 49ers plan to use a 3-4 scheme in 2007, which is favored by head coach Mike Nolan. In the past two years, the team played mostly 4-3 because it kept getting set back by injuries, depth issues, and the lack of a wide-bodied nose tackle.
Jene Bramel
Footballguy
There are a few different versions of 3-4 fronts around the league currently, all of which are a little different than the three man fronts of 20-30 years ago. In total, eight teams will line up in a three man front a significant percentage of the time in 2007.New England, Cleveland, and the New York Jets all run some version of Bill Belichick's hybrid front defense. All three teams use a three man front most often, but will line up in a 4-3 at times or, rarely, a five man front.
San Diego and now Dallas run an attacking version of the 3-4 developed by Wade Phillips with linemen who penetrate much more than traditional three man fronts. San Francisco will try to get back into a similar scheme this season; Mike Nolan picked up his 3-4 philosophy from Phillips while the two were in Denver.
Pittsburgh and Miami are teams in transition, but **** Lebeau and Dom Capers will use more zone blitz calls than the rest of the 3-4 teams. It's not yet clear how quickly the Steelers might transition to the 4-3/Tampa-2 new HC Mike Tomlin favors. For now, it appears that the 2007 scheme will be mostly 3-4. Miami looks to be transitioning to the more traditional 3-4 of Capers than the hybrid version Nick Saban installed a couple years ago.
Baltimore runs a hybrid front as well but uses a three man front rarely, if at all. Rex Ryan's scheme is a mish-mash of four man fronts (4-3, 4-4-3, and 46) with all kinds of coverages and blitzes.
Exile
Footballguy
Don't forget the occasional 2-man fronts!
