Pettine sliding us toward running a 4-3 again?
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I know we still have Shelton, but letting Phil and Kitchen go pretty much wiped out our depth at "real" NT. I know we have guys that can technically play 3-4 NT, but Shelton is now our only real prototype 3-4 NT. That and all the 4-3 looks we gave during pre season make me think we're at least gonna run more of a hybrid than we ever have. Solomon never once stood up and they had Kruger playing 4-3 OLB'er which was weird, I envisioned us using Mingo like that not Kruger. I don't think they'll be sending Kruger out during the season against TE's, he got burned hard in the Buffalo game doing that.
I dunno, I wouldn't mind it....we have the versatility to switch up to 3-4 if the situation necessitates. But I think we'd be a better 4-3 team anyhow.
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it's a great question but in the end does it really matter?
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I remember reading stuff about Pet's time in Buffalo where he showed some weird 3-4 looks with more or less 4-3 personnel...but he also had that freak of nature Mario Williams on the team. Williams is on another food chain, we don't have anyone close to that....Desmond would be closest on our team right now.
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l guess we should run the defense that we have the proper talent for.
My question is if we are going to go to the 4-3....2DEs, 2DTs...then why are we ditching Defensive Tackles?
In the 4-3 who will be our DTs? Our DEs? Our MLB, our OLBs?
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This is what the depth chart looks like now....but that is still a 3-4 chart:
RDE 94 STARKS, RANDY CC/Mia 93 Hughes, John 12/3 90 Winn, Billy 12/6 66 Meder, Jamie CF14
NT 71 Shelton, Danny 15/1 60 McDaniel, Jacobbi CF14
LDE 92 Bryant, Desmond U/Oak 95 Bryant, Armonty 13/7 96 Cooper, Xavier 15/3 97 Wynn, Dylan CF15
LOLB 54 Solomon, Scott SF14 91 Reilly, Mike CF15 51 Mingo, Barkevious 13/1
LILB 56 DANSBY, KARLOS U/Arz 59 Carder, Tank W/Buf 52 Pullard, Hayes 15/7
RILB 58 Kirksey, Christian 14/3 53 Robertson, Craig CF11
ROLB 99 Kruger, Paul U/Bal 48 Orchard, Nate 15/2
LCB 23 Haden, Joe 10/1 26 Desir, Pierre 14/4 24 Bademosi, Johnson CF12 35 Rankin, Joe SF15 21 Gilbert, Justin 14/1
SS 31 WHITNER, DONTE U/SF 30 Campbell, Ibraheim 15/4 38 Feichter, Landon CF15
FS 39 Gipson, Tashaun CF12 40 Saunders, De'Ante CF15 33 Poyer, Jordan W/Phi
RCB 22 WILLIAMS, TRAMON U/GB 36 Williams, K'Waun CF14 43 Gaines, Charles 15/6 37 James, Kendall SF14 27 Nelson, Robert CF14
What would it be if a 4-3?
Do Solomon/Kruger/Orchard switch to DE? Does Meder/Hughes/Winn move to DT? Is Jacobbi McDaniel really good enough to be the only other designated DT on this team beside Shelton?
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In keeping with the "Play like a Brown"..... Meder has earned a spot on the active roster.
http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2015/09/jamie_meder_knows_adversity_an.html
Releasing kitchen is far more a surprise. Maybe the Browns have their eyes a couple
of big NT's on other teams, who may get released.
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anyone notice that our 2nd stringers are "pure" 4-3 personnel? I like that Dylan Wynn kid, i hope we keep him but if we're gonna be running base 3-4 during the season he's got no spot on our team. Him and the guy on the other side, O'reilly or something...are pure 4-3 DE's. As it pertains to our starters, Kruger and Soloman are imo also pure 4-3 guys although they can stand up...but at least in preseason Soloman has had his hands down every down he's been in. I haven't seen him stand up once.
I guess we'll see next week. I like the depth on our defense. I honestly think our 2nd stringers, if they run in base 4-3...are actually a very serviceable NFL defense. Like I might actually be content with the state of affairs of our defense if they were the starters. That's a pretty damn good thing to have even if we really don't have that one world beating freak, at least yet....Shelton may turn into that if he's already this damn good.
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Again, we're getting caught into people pigeon holing the idea of a 34 or 43 defense.
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They run a lot of different fronts already. They aren't a true 3-4 defense.
Guys like Hughes, Winn, Starks and Meder are good 3-techs in their 4-3 under, and they line up guys there even in 3-4 base.
They're looking for versatile DTs who can play that 3 and 5 tech (3-4 DE).
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Agree with Mike-versatility is the name of the game and they want to be able to fluidly drop into multiple defensive sets at any given time in any given play.
Confuse the enemy and someone on offense will mistakenly read the wrong thing and get their shorts handed to them. We now have the athletic ability
to do this.
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What is telling you Wynn lacks the chops to play DE in a 3-4?
Fast (5.07 w/ 1.73 split), strong (43 reps) and 280+ seems ideal for a 3-4 DE. Coach him up...
What is telling you Wynn lacks the chops to play DE in a 3-4?
Fast (5.07 w/ 1.73 split), strong (43 reps) and 280+ seems ideal for a 3-4 DE. Coach him up...
Didn't say he couldn't, but aren't we "flush" at 34 DE? He's really that strong eh? Fuck, makes sense though he basically shoulder flys tackles around the corner. I like how he cuts down angles going to the qb. I've been waiting for 3 years now for Kruger to learn how to carve the edge like that, I don't think it's gonna happen.
Think i'm really starting to like this Wynn kid now. But "ideally" c'mon, he's a 4-3 DE. He would be pinching down so many pockets from the edge. With our beef coming up the middle there would be literal implosion of QB pockets heard round the league.
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E-N-T with a 2point DE. Similar style to what Pettine did in Buffalo, should be more of a re-occurring look for this defense.
However what some must understand is that with a simple shift and sliding out one player substitution, this defense can produce anything from your
classic 2 gap 3-4 look, a 4 down and even some 33. The concepts of defense being set in stone with 'x' player having to play 'x' position a certain way are long dead.
Offenses have become far more innovative and aggressive with plays, personnel groupings and scheme - defenses are trying to do the same.
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E-N-T with a 2point DE. Similar style to what Pettine did in Buffalo, should be more of a re-occurring look for this defense.
However what some must understand is that with a simple shift and sliding out one player substitution, this defense can produce anything from your
classic 2 gap 3-4 look, a 4 down and even some 33. The concepts of defense being set in stone with 'x' player having to play 'x' position a certain way are long dead.
Offenses have become far more innovative and aggressive with plays, personnel groupings and scheme - defenses are trying to do the same.
E-N-T with a 2point DE. Similar style to what Pettine did in Buffalo, should be more of a re-occurring look for this defense.
However what some must understand is that was a simple shift and sliding out one player substitution, this defense can produce anything from your
classic 2 gap 3-4 look, a 4 down and even some 33. The concepts of defense being set in stone with 'x' player having to play 'x' position a certain way
are long dead.
Offenses have become far more initiative and aggressive with plays, personnel groupings and scheme - defenses are trying to do the same.
well put. I just hope some of the things I saw in preseason were anomalies that Pettine was trying so as to keep his cards hidden, cause some of it will absolutely not work. Like using Kruger as a cover 43 OLB'er. I don't want to see that even once during the season.
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E-N-T with a 2point DE. Similar style to what Pettine did in Buffalo, should be more of a re-occurring look for this defense.
However what some must understand is that was a simple shift and sliding out one player substitution, this defense can produce anything from your
classic 2 gap 3-4 look, a 4 down and even some 33. The concepts of defense being set in stone with 'x' player having to play 'x' position a certain way
are long dead.
Offenses have become far more initiative and aggressive with plays, personnel groupings and scheme - defenses are trying to do the same.
well put. I just hope some of the things I saw in preseason were anomalies that Pettine was trying so as to keep his cards hidden, cause some of it will absolutely not work. Like using Kruger as a cover 43 OLB'er. I don't want to see that even once during the season.
well put. I just hope some of the things I saw in preseason were anomalies that Pettine was trying so as to keep his cards hidden, cause some of it will absolutely not work. Like using Kruger as a cover 43 OLB'er. I don't want to see that even once during the season.
You're going to see it, so make peace with that. How Kruger is put in that situation, by audible of necessity/scheme or by intention is another story.
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well put. I just hope some of the things I saw in preseason were anomalies that Pettine was trying so as to keep his cards hidden, cause some of it will absolutely not work. Like using Kruger as a cover 43 OLB'er. I don't want to see that even once during the season.
You're going to see it, so make peace with that. How Kruger is put in that situation, by audible of necessity/scheme or by intention is another story.
You're going to see it, so make peace with that. How Kruger is put in that situation, by audible of necessity/scheme or by intention is another story.
but why on earth? We were running 4 man fronts with Solomon's hand down on the other side and Kruger standing up just slightly off the line on his side. Basically showing a 5 man front with the Will possibly showing rush but dropping into protection. Kruger simply can't do it. We are going to get burned with that look. I trust Kruger in zone but man coverage? I was thinking they were just having fun cause Mingo's hurt, that's how we should be using Mingo not fucking Kruger.
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And also, can someone explain to me why we would have two SAM OLB'ers on the field at the same time if we're putting 3 DL's on the line? I questioned some of this last year with Sheard and Kruger but I just figured that was mainly because Mingo was down and we had no one else. We also ran a lot of two man fronts though so it kind of made sense to have two Sams standing on the edges.
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