Posted by Lisa on October 12, 2009, 1:48 pm, in reply to "Here's why, IMHO.........."
They already have a 3-4 installed, I am suggesting that they use it more often. With the Ted ILB it has some 4-3 principles which would make it an easier to transition from the 4-3 to the 3-4 more full time. That is what SF and Denver have done, and their transition has been remarkably fast.
In fact I saw some almost Ted 3-4 yesterday, with Julian Peterson rushing off the edge. With the lack of a regular sized NT, it becomes difficult to transition to the "Pittsburgh/Baltimore" 3-4. But I've seen some 3-4 schemes that don't use a humongous DT in the middle and it still works. Gunther is smart enough to figure this out. He's smarter than I am at the 3-4.
Landon Cohen (300)/Jason Hunter (270), Grady Jackson (345)/Andre Fluellen (300)/Sammie Hill (329), and Chuck Darby (300)?/Turk McBride(280) would rotate on the line. Julian Peterson (240)/Copeland Bryan (250), Cliff Avril (250)/Dewayne White (275) are your rotating OLBs. At ILB you have Foote in the middle 3/4 of the game. (Zack Follett could also be the perfect Ted who covers for the other ILB to blitz). The other ILB would be a rotation of Sims (230) or Jordon Dizon (230) and Levy (240)...and I lean toward Levy at least 1/2 time, unless Dizon or Sims proves he can blitz
That makes backups of Hunter and McBride at DE and they could be heavy OLBs switching outside from time to time, Dewayne White could move inside, if he's healthy, on passing downs. Until Sammie Hill comes back, they would have to rotate frequently between Grady and Fluellen at NT. And when Sammie does come back, Fluellen could then move outside to DT and Sammie would take the majority of the snaps at NT.
As has been currently happening, Mayhew would continue to be looking for guys who can play DT in free agency. (Andre Carter???? or drops/practice squaders.)
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