It still blows my mind how this team doesn't run a 3-4 defense

Pressures are very subjective. if you get the QB to step up in the pocket or move at all, that is a pressure

To those QBs that have happy feet and get nervous, pressures matter

to the best QBs that so called pressure is a minor annoyance
 
tackles, dude; you keep trying to divert by bringing in DE;s
Because the subject of the thread is 3-4 defenses, and we started talking about interior pressure. Those 3-4 ends typically kick down inside on the guard on passing downs, and even when not are rarely lined up outside the tackle. 3-4 ends play much more like 4-3 DTs than 4-3 Ends. Those guys are typically considered interior players. Thats my entire argument on why I'd be hesitant to switch to a 3-4....You have to find 3+ guys inside who can both eat block in the run game, and get after the QB. Finding LBs has never been easier for a 4LB system with the athletes that are being cranked out of school that are 6'4" 250LBS running 4.5s and better, but those guys up front are highly sought after and tough to find as they typically have position flex to fit any scheme.

Myles Garrett is the textbook definition of an NFL defensive end....790+ snaps outside the tackle, and fewer than 20 snaps either over the tackle or inside.
OSA is pretty much the exact opposite getting 48 A gap snaps, 790 snaps outside G/Covering the Tackle, 17 snaps outside the tackle
Zach Allen is a 3-4 DE and recorded 3 A gap snaps, 1000 G/T snaps, and 20 snaps outside the tackle....Put him on a 4-3 team and he basically becomes a 3T.
 
Only if you count Micah and Ez and LB's.
Micah’s best was in Penn and he completely wrecked the cotton bowl (I think) single handedly.

Funny enough. He was the highest graded LB in college at run defense.

Comes to Dallas and is put into a situation where he’s going up against tackles constantly. And people wonder why he’s worn out.
 
They will still put out 3 guys who weigh less than 280 lbs and one who looks like he barely tips the scale at 300. That will never stop the run and we will continue to get gashed up the middle. If you stack 3 300lb+ interior lineman and have Micah and the 2nd rounder on the outside and Murray and Overshown in the middle this team would not only stop the run but it would allow all that speed to shine and make plays. It's a joke, the worst offseason move this team made was resigning a shrimp at DT to 20+ million a year.

They aren’t built that way to run a 3-4
Don’t have the interior DLine to do so
Don’t have the DE to do so

They have the edge and linebackers
 

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