Shanahan wants a 3-4 Defense

LOL. I see your username and all I can think of is

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That video kinda pertains to his sig line. :bdh:

London Fletcher is a great football player. I'm pretty sure that he cound transition from 4-3 MLB to 3-4 ILB. What makes you think he would get his ass kicked? The guy still has excellent speed, and hits like a ton of bricks.

Inside LB's in the 3-4 don't get the protection from guards like they do in the 4-3, so smaller lb's are not usually what you want there. But Fletch IS a beast so...who knows?

I have no doubts that Fletcher can excel in any system. The rest of the LB corps are what we should be concerned about. Fletcher, Blades, McIntosh could be fine, but where's the other LB coming from? Possibly Chris Wilson, hopefully not Orakpo at LB. Then depth?

At this time, our roster is better suited for 4-3, but that could change.

I think in a 3-4, Orakpo definitely plays LB. They would want to use him like Ware.

I think in a 3-4, Orakpo definitely plays LB. They would want to use him like Ware.

Yeah I agree, Rak has 3-4 OLB written all over him.

I think in a 3-4, Orakpo definitely plays LB. They would want to use him like Ware.

yeah, and he would probably rush the passer more than he did overall this year, while only dropping into coverage a few times a game.

I just want to point out that a 3-4 doesn't have to have a huge nose tackle or huge defensive lineman for that matter. When Wade Phillips was in Atlanta running the 3-4 he was using Andre Carter type players at DE and stressing gap penetration. Hopefully they're thinking of using a 3-4 with an emphasis on gap penetration.

Let's see what Haslett says at his press conference

Until we hear what he has to say the title of this thread is misleading. The title leads one to believe a decision has already been made, I haven't heard that as fact coming from either Shanahan or Haslett who we haven't heard anything from yet.

All i heard from alot of posters on here last yr was how they wish the Skins D was more like the Steelers..... Well here it comes and now you will see first hand what it takes to make a defense of that caliber. How many 1st rounders have the Steelers used on their defense? Cody,McClain and Spikes are names we could be seeing on draft day. Oline is a need but for the 3-4 to work you MUST have a front 3 who can tie up blockers. if anything it will be interesting.

How bout keepin an eye on NE and A Thomas? he can play OLB opposite of RAK.