You can't play Nickel from a 3-4

[DallasDW00ds0n]

I think if an offense saw the defense lines up in a 3-3-5, they’re gonna audible run

 

[T-RO]

I gotta be true to my brothers and say it more strongly:
If XWalker tries to explain football...run, hide, protect the children.

This is one of the most embarrassing threads I've ever seen. Your football IQ will drop 20 points reading this thread.

 

[PhillyCowboysFan]

No, 3-4 is a stronger run defense alignment.

To go from the 4-2-5 Nickel:
3-4: Replace Nickel CB with 320+ NT.

4:3: Replace Nickel CB with 240ish pound LB.

X i have respected your post in the past, but this one has me lost!

 

[DanA]

I think if an offense saw the defense lines up in a 3-3-5, they’re gonna audible run

Not if the linebackers are Micah Parsons, Devin Bush and Donte Hightower. My point being that 3-4 vs 4-3 is kind of irrelevant, it's about the players you have. You can't just apply a cookie cutter, just look at the Patriots in 2019 or Panthers this season.

 

[cffl2323]

Back in the 90's there could've been an argument on which defense, 3-4 or 4-3, was better suited for run/pass, but in today's NFL neither are really pass defending alignments, correct? And that is 100% a question, not a statement.

Edit: I'm sure even the above could be argued til blue in the face, but I guess what I'm asking is if you are fairly certain a pass is coming, very few coordinators are putting a 4-3 or 3-4 alignment out there. It's almost exclusively nickel or dime.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Are you sure we can't play a 34 nickel? I wouldn't mind having 12 players on defense.

 

[Ranching]

I always heard that the 3-4 was susceptible to the run. I admit, I have no idea.

It's a great defense....gives you more room for stunts and alignment shifts....we just don't have the right personal up front.....yet.

 

[WillieBeamen]

You don't have the slightest clue of what you're talking about.

 

[charron]

Base alignment no longer matters as good DC's are mixing things up. Good offenses will eat a team that just emplays 1-2 looks with little variences.