Tired of the bend dont break Defense

Ready to see some 1st round DTs coming out of LSU again. It would’ve never happened with DA, because all he wants the DL to do is hold gaps

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I am excited about going back to a 4-3.

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Serious question. Do our interior lineman fit that scheme? I feel like O wants DT's who can win one-on-one battles and shoot gaps into the backfield. Under Aranda, the DT's were massive and largely asked to occupy blocks as opposed to attack, right?

That 2006 defense we had was nasty!!

We were running a hybrid 3-4.
KC would rush ~80% of the time and drop ~20%, but we essentially rush 4 with 3 DTs and a pass rusher on 1st and 2nd downs.
We had 2 Lb'ers and 5 Dbs on all but the 3rd down special rush packages.

"Going to a 4-3"... will just mean that one of our down lineman will be converted to a strong-side DE. This should create more depth and talent at our DT positions.
I don't see us changing our LB or DB philosophies much. You'll still need the speed and athleticism to deal with the modern passing game.
But the play-making split between DL and LB should be more balanced.

They let to dominating on defense is generating pressure with 4 and not having to blitz all the time. Doesn’t really matter if it is the 3-4,4-3 or whatever. If you have the DL to do this you can dominate on D.

while that may be true... 4-3 is not just about the Dlinemen.... 4- THREE.. meaning also 3 Linebackers. and 4 DBs... if you are playing against the spread and have 7 players in the box... you are going to get dominated...

Yet our fans keep saying how ready they are to have the 4-3 back!!! I promise you... no you aren't. maybe you are happy to have 4 downline men back... but that doesnt make it a 4-3. Hell our 3-4 had 4 downline men... one was just considered a "linebacker"... the lack of football IQ on this board is pretty apparent though. But if we ran a 4-3 next year vs Texas or Bama we would get DOMINATED. End of story

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Looking forward to an aggressive attacking defense with Bo.

Those that think different dint know dominating football.

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Refresh my memory. Other than La Tech,whom did we dominate on defense in 2007?

With the proliferation of spread offenses, just about everyone will have a bend but don’t break defense

It doesn’t get much better than what LSU did to teams this year of defense.

It’s a new era of football, offense beats defense most days. You need to adjust. This is a new breed of football

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when in reality he was more of a 3-3-5 guy. Although 3-4 and 3-3-5 aren’t much different at all.

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I'd argue he ran a 3 DT, 1 hybrid DE, 2 LB, 5 DB system, with his goal being to stuff the inside run, play man to man on the outside, and let the speed of the LB/DB's make plays.
Not a terrible strategy, but it's not designed to absolutely shutdown offenses and rank in the Top 5 for yards/scoring.

It's good for 3rd down defense, forcing the offense to execute all the way down the field.
It's not great at pressure, sacks, or forcing turnovers.
But, it's very effective against almost every type of offense.