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  • CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFS CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFSC Reacting Well Very Popular Posting Machine Collaborator First Post One Year In One Month Later Week One Done
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    CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFSC CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFS wrote on last edited by CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFS
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    Why not? The defense can’t get much worse than it has been. 

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      To run a 3-4 we need a big fat Shmuck we trade to the pats 

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        C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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        we dont have 3-4 personnel. period. We have too many pieces on our def that are hurt to make a scheme assessment. 

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          C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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          i want us to run a 43 bear front next year. We replace our LDE with a beast like margus hunt, or draft a DL like bosa or oliver. Then we have to address our LB'ing corp. Collins is likely gone. If genard can grasp coverage assignments, he could be a terror blitzing from the olb'er spot....like what mack did his first year in oakland. 

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            Just believe in Dorsey it took him two years at kc to get Sheet straight 

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              Next year fellas, but we mean it this time.

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                Next year fellas, but we mean it this time.

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                C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                @babernakle said:

                Next year fellas, but we mean it this time.

                next year could be another blow up cause dirsey wants all his boys here. We've seen that before

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                  Why not? The defense can’t get much worse than it has been. 

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                  tiamat63T tiamat63 wrote on last edited by
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                  @clevelandwantsplayoffs said:

                  Why not? The defense can’t get much worse than it has been. 

                  Don't have the edge defenders.  Even then, most teams aren't in their base defense anyway so using terms like 34 and 43 are becoming more and more outdated.  

                  @clevfan4life said:

                  i want us to run a 43 bear front next year. We replace our LDE with a beast like margus hunt, or draft a DL like bosa or oliver. Then we have to address our LB'ing corp. Collins is likely gone. If genard can grasp coverage assignments, he could be a terror blitzing from the olb'er spot....like what mack did his first year in oakland. 

                  You realize just how many fronts you can and will run in any one game, right?   

                  I wouldn't put Avery willingly in a joker role anymore than the next nutcase.  He isn't that kind of backer.  He's a 2pt rush man that can drop on occasion.  Physically he is a James Harrison clone.     Mack was moved all over his first year but primarily is and will always been an edge defender/pass rusher.  Anything less isn't using his abilities to their potential.  

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                    @babernakle said:

                    Next year fellas, but we mean it this time.

                    next year could be another blow up cause dirsey wants all his boys here. We've seen that before

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                    B Babernakle wrote on last edited by
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                    @clevfan4life said:

                    next year could be another blow up cause dirsey wants all his boys here. We've seen that before

                    But that’s not Dorsey’s mo, he builds teams and if comes to addition but subtraction it’s probably the right move.  

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                      @clevelandwantsplayoffs said:

                      Why not? The defense can’t get much worse than it has been. 

                      Don't have the edge defenders.  Even then, most teams aren't in their base defense anyway so using terms like 34 and 43 are becoming more and more outdated.  

                      @clevfan4life said:

                      i want us to run a 43 bear front next year. We replace our LDE with a beast like margus hunt, or draft a DL like bosa or oliver. Then we have to address our LB'ing corp. Collins is likely gone. If genard can grasp coverage assignments, he could be a terror blitzing from the olb'er spot....like what mack did his first year in oakland. 

                      You realize just how many fronts you can and will run in any one game, right?   

                      I wouldn't put Avery willingly in a joker role anymore than the next nutcase.  He isn't that kind of backer.  He's a 2pt rush man that can drop on occasion.  Physically he is a James Harrison clone.     Mack was moved all over his first year but primarily is and will always been an edge defender/pass rusher.  Anything less isn't using his abilities to their potential.  

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                      C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                      @tiamat63 said:

                      You realize just how many fronts you can and will run in any one game, right?   

                      yes....but i want the base defense to be 2 large immovable objects in the middle and 2 slightly smaller immovable objects on the edges....lol

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                        C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                        look, our defense needs "depth", not a scheme change. The rams defense dropped 45 pts to the saints today.....look at what our def did against the saints early in the season when they were fresh and had no injuries. 

                        whats happening now is "exactly" why i was furious with dorsey for his preseason moves that gutted key depth at DL and DE. The only guy thst sees any meaningful time on the field that we picked up late is zettel.....and he sucks. 

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                          To run a 3-4 we need a big fat Shmuck we trade to the pats 

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                          The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                          @babernakle said:

                          To run a 3-4 we need a big fat Shmuck we trade to the pats 

                          We hardly have two decent linebackers so much is four 

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                            MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on last edited by
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                            This is idiotic. 

                            We played the best offense in the league, holding them to their average number of points, missing our #1 CB, #2 CB, #3 CB, #1 FS, #1 LB, #2 LB....

                            But that wasn't good enough so now we should run an entirely different scheme that we don't have the personnel for.... Smh

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                              CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFSC CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFS wrote on last edited by CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFS
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                              Haha man this isn’t the first time our defense was bad this year.

                              I just remember the Browns 3-4 teams in the passed just always seemed tougher.

                              I the clevefan was right that depth is the real issue.

                              I’ve just never been a 4-3 fan. Especially with how bad we get beat to the edge.

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                                Haha man this isn’t the first time our defense was bad this year.

                                I just remember the Browns 3-4 teams in the passed just always seemed tougher.

                                I the clevefan was right that depth is the real issue.

                                I’ve just never been a 4-3 fan. Especially with how bad we get beat to the edge.

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                                C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                                @clevelandwantsplayoffs said:

                                I’ve just never been a 4-3 fan. Especially with how bad we get beat to the edge.

                                a proper 4-3 staffed with right proper 43 kunts is "usually" going to have better edge protection than a 3-4 defense that has smaller lighter OLB'ers holding the edge.

                                Most people dont want to beleive this but losing nassib was huge on edge protection. Right now our starters have to be in there so much that by the endvof the game they start to lose edge containment, which is dirty heavy work. Losing a rotational talent like nassib who would be spelling the DE's on both sides alot more than they're getting now, was huge...no question about it. Everything i thought would happen when i read meder and nassib were sent off...is coming true. Our depth guys are such a liability right now that the starters have to play most of the game.....

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                                  @clevelandwantsplayoffs said:

                                  I’ve just never been a 4-3 fan. Especially with how bad we get beat to the edge.

                                  a proper 4-3 staffed with right proper 43 kunts is "usually" going to have better edge protection than a 3-4 defense that has smaller lighter OLB'ers holding the edge.

                                  Most people dont want to beleive this but losing nassib was huge on edge protection. Right now our starters have to be in there so much that by the endvof the game they start to lose edge containment, which is dirty heavy work. Losing a rotational talent like nassib who would be spelling the DE's on both sides alot more than they're getting now, was huge...no question about it. Everything i thought would happen when i read meder and nassib were sent off...is coming true. Our depth guys are such a liability right now that the starters have to play most of the game.....

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                                  CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFSC CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFS wrote on last edited by
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                                  @clevfan4life said:

                                  a proper 4-3 staffed with right proper 43 kunts is "usually" going to have better edge protection than a 3-4 defense that has smaller lighter OLB'ers holding the edge.

                                  Most people dont want to beleive this but losing nassib was huge on edge protection.  

                                  I like having more speed out there, and coverage ability, and ability to disguise, which the 3-4 seems to present which is essential in the NFL today.

                                  The 4-3 seems vanilla to me. Maybe we need DOMINANT lineman across the board and we just don’t have them. 

                                  I just don’t know if Ogbah has many any plays this year. I’ve barely heard his name called. I think it’s just too much youth on an already banged up defense.

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                                    @clevfan4life said:

                                    a proper 4-3 staffed with right proper 43 kunts is "usually" going to have better edge protection than a 3-4 defense that has smaller lighter OLB'ers holding the edge.

                                    Most people dont want to beleive this but losing nassib was huge on edge protection.  

                                    I like having more speed out there, and coverage ability, and ability to disguise, which the 3-4 seems to present which is essential in the NFL today.

                                    The 4-3 seems vanilla to me. Maybe we need DOMINANT lineman across the board and we just don’t have them. 

                                    I just don’t know if Ogbah has many any plays this year. I’ve barely heard his name called. I think it’s just too much youth on an already banged up defense.

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                                    C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                                    @clevelandwantsplayoffs said:

                                    I like having more speed out there, and coverage ability, and ability to disguise, which the 3-4 seems to present which is essential in the NFL today.

                                    The 4-3 seems vanilla to me. Maybe we need DOMINANT lineman across the board and we just don’t have them. 

                                    I just don’t know if Ogbah has many any plays this year. I’ve barely heard his name called. I think it’s just too much youth on an already banged up defense.

                                    yeah ogbah had some flashes a few games ago but now is quiet again. The only qb pressure from the left comes from Genard...and he's that situational specialist "usually" set aside for the blind side...but that's Myles side. Im starting to wonder if we shouldn't tell myles next year to put 5-10 lbs on and have him rotate from side to side more. It seems he needs a bit more weight out there to power edge rush more. Since we don't have anybody else bringing consistent pressure, it's all on him...and he's having to speed rush more because we're getting depleted in the secondary. The big surprise to me is the disappearance of ogunjobi. Not hearing his name called whatsoever anymore. Our interior DL is almost nonexistent in getting penetration and is getting gashed in the run. I heard one DL called today, Coley. And on a mild play at that. 

                                    I loved what we had last year. I really thought Shelton, Meder and Ogun plus maybe a surprise in Brantley..was going to be the best DL rotation in football. I didn't like it but I was ok with Shelton getting traded. The loss of meder and Brantley as well had me dumbfounded. We got rid of so much rotational depth and brought in guys a week before opening day. We essentially torpedoed the front 7 that looked "really" good against the eagles in preseason. I dont' understand how you look at the eagles game and say "this won't do". I don't get it. 

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                                      @clevfan4life said:

                                      a proper 4-3 staffed with right proper 43 kunts is "usually" going to have better edge protection than a 3-4 defense that has smaller lighter OLB'ers holding the edge.

                                      Most people dont want to beleive this but losing nassib was huge on edge protection.  

                                      I like having more speed out there, and coverage ability, and ability to disguise, which the 3-4 seems to present which is essential in the NFL today.

                                      The 4-3 seems vanilla to me. Maybe we need DOMINANT lineman across the board and we just don’t have them. 

                                      I just don’t know if Ogbah has many any plays this year. I’ve barely heard his name called. I think it’s just too much youth on an already banged up defense.

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                                      @clevelandwantsplayoffs said:

                                      The 4-3 seems vanilla

                                      Doomsday Defense

                                      Purple People Eaters

                                      Legion of Boom

                                      Steel Curtain 

                                      2000 Ravens

                                      What do they all have in common? They are the best Defenses in football history and they were all a 4-3 base Defense. 

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                                        @clevelandwantsplayoffs said:

                                        The 4-3 seems vanilla

                                        Doomsday Defense

                                        Purple People Eaters

                                        Legion of Boom

                                        Steel Curtain 

                                        2000 Ravens

                                        What do they all have in common? They are the best Defenses in football history and they were all a 4-3 base Defense. 

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                                        @vikingdawg said:

                                        Doomsday Defense

                                        Purple People Eaters

                                        Legion of Boom

                                        Steel Curtain 

                                        2000 Ravens

                                        What do they all have in common? They are the best Defenses in football history and they were all a 4-3 base Defense. 

                                        Don't forget one of the greatest of all time, '86 Bears.

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                                          Man the '85 Bears team was fun to watch. 

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