NFL COMBINE: DT's and LB's work out today and tomorrow!!

CantonLegend · 03-02-2010, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by stockman311

If it makes no sense to you that the Saints run a 4-3 base defense and therefore are not going to draft a NT for a 3-4 defense, then you are just being obtuse.

because we dont just run a base 4-3......we switched our base defense the entire season......we didnt just run a 4-3....no matter how many times you say it, we ran both defenses. when we lost our DTs we switched to 3 down linemen.....i wasnt a fan of the switch but we did it regardless of how you or I felt about it.....it happened and now that we know it can happen we will need a player to fit that scheme

And just so you know, we didn't run a 3-4 for a majority of the Superbowl. We ran a 3-3-5, with the knowlege that we were playing Peyton Manning. The only QB who gets rid of the football faster than Brees. We played back with an extra DB and blitzed Manning on 3 plays all game, waiting for him to make a mistake which he finally did to Porter.

whether we ran a nickel or a base the entire game doesnt matter to me......my point is that there were 3 defensive linemen in for most of the game.....it didnt just happen against the colts.....we played several games like that but that was the most recent

Just because we ran an exotic package for a good portion of one game against a superior QB doesn't mean dick when it comes to the Defense we ran for the majority of the season. We don't have the OLB to play 3-4 and rush the passer, and we don't have the ILB with bulk to play the 3-4. See how happy Will Smith is when you move him inside in a 3-4 and take away his opportunities to get sacks. Yeah, that would be a really smart move.

we dont have a DT to play a 3-4 either.....thats why we could draft one

and heres another thing......cody's biggest strength is stopping the run....

a 4-3 is best designed to stop the run.....why wouldnt we draft a player who best fits a defense to stop the run? even when we played with 4 defensive linemen, other teams still ran all over us

im not trying to be facetious.....and this argument has clearly been beaten to a pulp in only 2 short weeks......thats unfortunate

03-02-2010, 10:40 AM	#11
CantonLegend 1000 Posts + Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 2,685 Blog Entries: 2	Re: NFL COMBINE: DT's and LB's work out today and tomorrow!! Originally Posted by stockman311 If it makes no sense to you that the Saints run a 4-3 base defense and therefore are not going to draft a NT for a 3-4 defense, then you are just being obtuse. because we dont just run a base 4-3......we switched our base defense the entire season......we didnt just run a 4-3....no matter how many times you say it, we ran both defenses. when we lost our DTs we switched to 3 down linemen.....i wasnt a fan of the switch but we did it regardless of how you or I felt about it.....it happened and now that we know it can happen we will need a player to fit that scheme And just so you know, we didn't run a 3-4 for a majority of the Superbowl. We ran a 3-3-5, with the knowlege that we were playing Peyton Manning. The only QB who gets rid of the football faster than Brees. We played back with an extra DB and blitzed Manning on 3 plays all game, waiting for him to make a mistake which he finally did to Porter. whether we ran a nickel or a base the entire game doesnt matter to me......my point is that there were 3 defensive linemen in for most of the game.....it didnt just happen against the colts.....we played several games like that but that was the most recent Just because we ran an exotic package for a good portion of one game against a superior QB doesn't mean dick when it comes to the Defense we ran for the majority of the season. We don't have the OLB to play 3-4 and rush the passer, and we don't have the ILB with bulk to play the 3-4. See how happy Will Smith is when you move him inside in a 3-4 and take away his opportunities to get sacks. Yeah, that would be a really smart move. we dont have a DT to play a 3-4 either.....thats why we could draft one and heres another thing......cody's biggest strength is stopping the run.... a 4-3 is best designed to stop the run.....why wouldnt we draft a player who best fits a defense to stop the run? even when we played with 4 defensive linemen, other teams still ran all over us im not trying to be facetious.....and this argument has clearly been beaten to a pulp in only 2 short weeks......thats unfortunate
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