jeanpierre

The Rickey Jackson-led 3-4 defense never had athletic big men up front...

Neither did Pittsburgh in their last two Superbowls, nor the Ravens...

You get big, cock-strong guys who can occupy space and control gaps...

This allows linebackers, safties to shoot gaps and stunt from various zones...

Plus, a 3-4 puts one more athletic defender vs a big lumbersome linemen on the field who can drop to coverage...

And Phillips' 3-4 doesn't stay in the under mode much because he'd spend that LEO defender before the end of the 3rd quarter...

Another consideration is when the Saints employed the 3-safety set, they essentially had employed the same as Carolina had when they redeployed their slow safety Thomas Davis to linebacker - it rejuvenated his career and that defense...

But, Carolina is also loaded at linebacker, second only to Denver this year, and not by much...

It's not that my way is the right way, I just make the right way my way...