4-3 and 3-4 Defense Starters

[stokee]

Starters in the 4-3

Greg Ellis - LDE
LaRoi Glover - DT
Jason Ferguson - DT
Demarcus Ware - RDE
Kevin Burnett - OLB
Dat Nyugen - MLB
Al Singleton - OLB
Terence Newman - CB
Anthony Henry - CB
Roy Williams - SS
Pete Hunter - FS


Starters in the 3-4

Chris Canty - LDE
Jason Ferguson - NT
Marcus Spears - RDE
Demarcus Ware - OLB
Kevin Burnett - ILB
Dat Nyugen - ILB
Kalen Thornton - OLB
Terence Newman - CB
Anthony Henry - CB
Roy Williams - SS
Pete Hunter - FS

[Mongo]

depth is SO key. I'm loving this.

[MichaelWinicki]

Originally Posted by stokee

Starters in the 4-3

Greg Ellis - LDE
LaRoi Glover - DT
Jason Ferguson - DT
Demarcus Ware - RDE
Kevin Burnett - OLB
Dat Nyugen - MLB
Al Singleton - OLB
Terence Newman - CB
Anthony Henry - CB
Roy Williams - SS
Pete Hunter - FS


Starters in the 3-4

Chris Canty - LDE
Jason Ferguson - NT
Marcus Spears - RDE
Demarcus Ware - OLB
Kevin Burnett - ILB
Dat Nyugen - ILB
Kalen Thornton - OLB
Terence Newman - CB
Anthony Henry - CB
Roy Williams - SS
Pete Hunter - FS

4 rookies in the starting front 7 when in the 3-4? And one guy that hasn't played much in Thornton?

Ouch!!!! Would we get violated by opposing offenses or what!

[Ken]

Originally Posted by stokee

Starters in the 4-3

Greg Ellis - LDE
LaRoi Glover - DT
Jason Ferguson - DT
Demarcus Ware - RDE
Kevin Burnett - OLB
Dat Nyugen - MLB
Al Singleton - OLB
Terence Newman - CB
Anthony Henry - CB
Roy Williams - SS
Pete Hunter - FS


Starters in the 3-4

Chris Canty - LDE
Jason Ferguson - NT
Marcus Spears - RDE
Demarcus Ware - OLB
Kevin Burnett - ILB
Dat Nyugen - ILB
Kalen Thornton - OLB
Terence Newman - CB
Anthony Henry - CB
Roy Williams - SS
Pete Hunter - FS

Disagree that Ware will be our 4-3 end, especially initially. Think Spears will man that spot, especially on 1st and 2nd down. Obvious passsing situation and 3rd down will be Ware.

Also have reservations about Thorton starting in the 3-4. We will see.

[Avery]

Don't forget about Bradie James.

[MichaelWinicki]

Originally Posted by Ken

Disagree that Ware will be our 4-3 end, especially initially. Think Spears will man that spot, especially on 1st and 2nd down. Obvious passsing situation and 3rd down will be Ware.

Also have reservations about Thorton starting in the 3-4. We will see.

Agreed. Ware isn't ready to be an every down DE or OLB.

Yeah, Thornton doesn't know my socks off yet.

[dwmyers]

Originally Posted by Ken

Disagree that Ware will be our 4-3 end, especially initially. Think Spears will man that spot, especially on 1st and 2nd down. Obvious passsing situation and 3rd down will be Ware.

Also have reservations about Thorton starting in the 3-4. We will see.

I'd like to see Spears moved to LDE and Ellis moved to RDE in the 4-3. And if it's a blitzing situation, put Ware in at OLB outside of Ellis.

In any event, with all the linemen and linebackers we've just added, we could start putting together some decent rotations. We also can throw some size at teams that just want to elephant walk over us (recall Ekuban and Runyan in the pickle bowl?)..

David.