4-3 or a 3-4 defense, YOU DECIDE!!!

neugey · 05-10-2010, 10:41 AM

As recent as a few years ago, I would've told you the 3-4 - because of the all the different blitz/coverage combinations and how creative the scheme is. I felt it was the best way to disrupt the offense.

But I've come around to the 4-3. It's just more fundamentally sound and I think you really need that 4th man to control the line of scrimmage and disrupt the pocket. So I like 4 down line man. And you still have so many packages to utilize - 4-3, 4-2-5, 4-4, 4-6, nickel, dime.

I do however like the 3-3-5 against the college spread offenses.

View Poll Results: Which base defense would you run as a DC?
3-4	7	28.00%
4-3	18	72.00%
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05-10-2010, 10:41 AM	#6
neugey Hu Dat! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,820 Blog Entries: 13	Re: 4-3 or a 3-4 defense, YOU DECIDE!!! As recent as a few years ago, I would've told you the 3-4 - because of the all the different blitz/coverage combinations and how creative the scheme is. I felt it was the best way to disrupt the offense. But I've come around to the 4-3. It's just more fundamentally sound and I think you really need that 4th man to control the line of scrimmage and disrupt the pocket. So I like 4 down line man. And you still have so many packages to utilize - 4-3, 4-2-5, 4-4, 4-6, nickel, dime. I do however like the 3-3-5 against the college spread offenses.