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:	post by xmikex at 2011-07-30 23:47:45

They tried the 4-3 2 years ago. It worked like shit. Nobody remembers it, because it worked like shit. Tully Banta Cain was the only guy that really flourished in it. Hence therefore why he bit the dust when he had to play out of a 2 point stance every down the next year.

I don't see why they'd have Mayo, Spikes, Guyton, and Fletcher all on staff to cover the middle linebacker position to play mike in a 4-3. Furthermore, Spikes is way too slow to play 4-3 mike.

To say that they have a lot of OLB personell that played 4-3 DE in college is like saying there are a lot of kids at Opeth shows that got beat up in high school. How many college defenses run a pure 3-4? Most OLB guys start as a 4-3 end in college these days. It's a similar body type, a similar skillset, and in most defenses a similar role.

Furthermore, I'd be really discouraged to hear that they spent the last year or two teaching one defense to their young defensive talent, only to turn everything on its head on short time with the offseason basically cut in half. I'm not saying it's impossible, I just think it's a really poorly timed move.

Belichick loves sub packages. He also loves platooning his defensive line. If Ty Warren could actually stay on the field he might have picked up on that. Let's not sell our stock in the 3-4 just yet.

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