FinSaint

True, having two great tacklers who are used to making a lot of tackles during a season as the ILB pairing - Lofton & Hawthorne - will help cover any gap problems there might be with the NT.

Sarik

this is some pretty exciting news. Lets not forget 2 things though guys...
1. Greg Romeus (6'5)
2. Braylon Broughton. (6'6)
I see these 2 being great fits for the 3-4 scheme. romeus did stand up at pitt as well as put his hand in the dirt and Braylon could be another stud.. Big, strong(6'6, 270+) DE that runs a blazin 40 for his size. Lets hope these guys can catch on and get coached up, im sure how Greg's injury progress has gone tho, we'll see.

On another note, with this change and the draft around the corner my sights are set on DION JORDAN, BARKEVIOUS MINGO, and MARGUS HUNT. Jordan is extremely quick and a pass rush specialist as well as Mingo, but the bug difference is jordan is actually quick enough to drop back into coverage and pick up the slot. Now another option that intrigues me a big deal is picking up Margus Hunt in the draft and pairing him up as the DE alongside cam Jordan and pluggin in Akiem Hicks as the NT. can u imagine hunt as a calibur of player as justin smith and jj watt? im very hyped over the "possibilities" the situation can bring..."if" everything pans out. lets hope for the best my fellow WhoDats!!! any thoughts??

Saintaintso

It probably speaks volumes on what Payton thinks of Hicks as a NT , I played DT in a 3-4 and you have to be a mean sommummumma ...

QBREES9

Really 3 - 4 do we have the personal

Seer1

Anybody come up with any available 3-4 DC candidates?

Shoe.

Singletary ftw

Or Romeo, either one would be spectacular

lumm0x

Why not? Frankly based on our D last year we didn't have the personnel to run the 4-3 either. The league is moving to a slightly smaller and faster defense scheme trend. I am concerned we don't have the right players and depth at OLB though. I think Bunkley and Hicks can be a good NT rotation. We need a DE or two and we need an impact OLB. Maybe Anthony Spencer? Safety would be my next big concern. But I like the idea of the move. Keep Harper with a pay cut a run him as a hybrid OLB/S on pass downs.

neugey

Bring in Bill Cowher as DC!

Hey I can dream

lee909

Wasnt expecting to wake up to this news. Seems a little harsh too me,like he is being made the scapegoat.
Unless them rumours from the unknown player about Spags being unpopular ate true.

Wonder who is coming in to replace him?

pherein

I think SP is thinking " Well theres no way to make it worse, so might as well change things now" 3-4 is a proper D for the passing happy offenses of the NFL.