4-3 this week?

[starfrombirth]

Would It be reasonable for Phillips to go to the hybrid 4-3 this week in order to have more big bodies in the holes to stop/slow down Peterson? This seems to make sense to me in such a Predominant run team. Your thoughts?

 

[vicjagger]

No, thanks.

The Cowboys have been very effective stopping the run.

The 3-4, originally adopted from the Oklahoma 5-2, was specifically designed as a run-stopping defense, by removing a slower DL and replacing him with a faster LB. Today, it's more known as a pass-rushing D because of the addition of the zone blitz, but is still very effective as a run D (assuming the players fit the scheme).

I think only 6 or 7 teams use the 3-4 base, yet 4 of those are currently in the top 8 in NFL run defense (Pit, NE, Dal, SD).

 

[BlackJackMurphy]

No, thanks.

The Cowboys have been very effective stopping the run.

The 3-4, originally adopted from the Oklahoma 5-2, was specifically designed as a run-stopping defense, by removing a slower DL and replacing him with a faster LB. Today, it's more known as a pass-rushing D because of the addition of the zone blitz, but is still very effective as a run D (assuming the players fit the scheme).

I think only 6 or 7 teams use the 3-4 base, yet 4 of those are currently in the top 8 in NFL run defense (Pit, NE, Dal, SD).

It is? do the Jets know about this?

 

[Beast_from_East]

No, thanks.

The Cowboys have been very effective stopping the run.

The 3-4, originally adopted from the Oklahoma 5-2, was specifically designed as a run-stopping defense, by removing a slower DL and replacing him with a faster LB. Today, it's more known as a pass-rushing D because of the addition of the zone blitz, but is still very effective as a run D (assuming the players fit the scheme).

I think only 6 or 7 teams use the 3-4 base, yet 4 of those are currently in the top 8 in NFL run defense (Pit, NE, Dal, SD).

Our problem is not stopping the run, its defending the pass.

 

[Nors]

No,

we run a 3-4 and not going to go 4-3 now

 

[5Stars]

Would It be reasonable for Phillips to go to the hybrid 4-3 this week in order to have more big bodies in the holes to stop/slow down Peterson? This seems to make sense to me in such a Predominant run team. Your thoughts?

Not all the time because they run the 3/4, however, I think they do have some packages that use the 4/3 if needed. But, I would just stick to what they are doing because stopping the run is not a problem for the Cowboys.

 

[Rack]

Would It be reasonable for Phillips to go to the hybrid 4-3 this week in order to have more big bodies in the holes to stop/slow down Peterson? This seems to make sense to me in such a Predominant run team. Your thoughts?

That would be incredibly dumb.

1. The vikings haven't faced 3-4 defense all year so we have an advantage there.

2. Running a 4-3 would mean one less "Quick" guy on the field to run AP down.

3. Changing your whole defensive front because of ONE player is always dumb.

 

[starfrombirth]

All good points. Thanks for the input. Have a great weekend and enjoy the game.

 

[lspain1]

One more thing about the 3-4. It provides a stong "contain" and helps prevent the runner from getting to the edge. Against a runner like Peterson, that helps a lot.

 

[starfrombirth]

I just hope that today we find out that our d-rank against the run is for real and not because we haven't face a "real" running back/attack yet. ray: