Translate our defense into a 3-4

[PantherPaul]

It's a bye week so humor me.
With the current roster as it is, if a new coach came in and wanted to run a 3-4 where would everyone play and who would be released/moved?

 

[Black&Blue]

LDE - Lewis
NT - Thomas
RDE - Brayton
LOLB - C Johnson#
LILB - Beason *
RILB - Davis *
ROLB - Peppers
LCB - Gamble
RCB - Marshall
FS - Godfrey
SS - Harris

# - Probably be some rotation here with Brown, who might be a better fit as a 34 OLB

* - Both of these guys would struggle in this alignment

It's a terrible idea with what we have right now. We maybe could play some sort of hybrid, but a full time 34 would ruin Beason and Davis. I suppose the linemen we have are "good enough", but the absence of a dominant NT would kill us.

 

[PantherPaul]

LDE - Lewis
NT - Thomas
RDE - Brayton
LOLB - C Johnson#
LILB - Beason *
RILB - Davis *
ROLB - Peppers
LCB - Gamble
RCB - Marshall
FS - Godfrey
SS - Harris

# - Probably be some rotation here with Brown, who might be a better fit as a 34 OLB

* - Both of these guys would struggle in this alignment

It's a terrible idea with what we have right now. We maybe could play some sort of hybrid, but a full time 34 would ruin Beason and Davis. I suppose the linemen we have are "good enough", but the absence of a dominant NT would kill us.

Beason and Davis's lack of bulk would hurt?

 

[Black&Blue]

It's the lack of bulk as well as the height issue. 34 ILBs are typically at least 6-2. Davis and Beason are both barely 6'. When you have to take on offensive guards, you almost need to be built like a smaller TE.

 

[Thelt]

LDE Lewis
NT Thomas
RDE Brayton
LOLB Peppers
LILB Beason
RILB Connor
ROLB Davis

It would probably suck just as bad as what we are doing now.

 

[Black&Blue]

We've been in 4-3 mode for over a decade now. It would be difficult to suddenly make a switch and be effective.

 

[PantherPaul]

It's the lack of bulk as well as the height issue. 34 ILBs are typically at least 6-2. Davis and Beason are both barely 6'. When you have to take on offensive guards, you almost need to be built like a smaller TE.

Ahh OK, I'll look around at some typical 3-4 inner linebackers as comparison. The inside backers is where we would suffer the most seemingly

 

[magnus]

Ahh OK, I'll look around at some typical 3-4 inner linebackers as comparison. The inside backers is where we would suffer the most seemingly

we'd be talking next year at best. Beason could transition, but IMO Davis couldn't. Maybe outside, if you want explosiveness but are OK with losing run battles. Connor fits inside, Diggs or Johnson could fit inside.

The weakness is at end/tackle. We'd have literally nothing that fits.

 

[presidence99]

we'd be talking next year at best...The weakness is at end/tackle. We'd have literally nothing that fits.

We'd have Terrence Cody next year, tard.

 

[UNCdubya]

We'd have literally nothing that fits.

so it'd sort of be like running the 4-3 this year?