Don't jump down my throat just yet..
If we lose Marinelli, which seems like a very large possibility between the Lovie Smith rumors and now all these HC positions he is being connected to, we may be best off switching to a 3-4. This is an idea that popped into my head while listening to the Lunchbreak on DC.com today as they discussed our LBing situation. We would be able to get Hitchens - Lee - McClain and Durant all on the field, and if we brought back Carter coming in for relief we'd have a pretty darn sick LBing group.
Maybe this wouldn't work, but our draft + cap situation would, in theory, allow us to bring in all the parts necessary on the d-line.
This would serve to help our secondary where they have seemed to struggle most - intermediate and short coverage, and then getting burnt deep.
Do you create these threads because you enjoy abuse or do you really believe this stuff.
1. None of Hitchens, Lee, McClain or Durant are 3-4 OLBs. They would all be 3-4 ILBs and only 2 of them could be on the field together.
2. Tampa Bay did NOT fire their D-Coordinator. Marinelli would have to take a demotion and his friend Kiffin would be out of a job. It was Linehan that was linked to a Head Coaching job, not Marinelli unless people are just making up stuff.
3. LBs in the 4-3 are generally better coverage guys than LBs in the 3-4, especially OLBs in the 3-4. You would lose one coverage type 4-3 LB and replace him with a 3-4 OLB that is more DE than LB.
4. Maybe they could just hire an extra D-Coordinator (a 3-4 guy) and they could switch back and forth from week to week between a 4-3 and 3-4. Better yet, Jerry could have 2 big buttons in his suite, one labeled 3-4 and one labeled 4-3 and he could switch back and forth during the game.
