I know there's a playoff game coming up but something needs to be done on this defense. Maybe switching to a 3-4 is the answer? I feel like Philips could play NT, Suh and Earl Mitchell can play ends. Wake can see limited time at OLB. Kiko would be fine at ILB. We can steal Hightower or Chandler Jones. Maybe Jarvis Jones from Pittsburgh. Anybody more famaliar with the players needed for this scheme wanna tell me how easily we could switch
How easily can we go to a 3-4?
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It isn't going to happen. By switching to a 3-4 you impact the one thing that is working the D-line.
At this point it is what it is.
At this point it is what it is.
tazthenomad
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Why would we go to a 3 - 4 with the worst set of LB in the NFL?
Free agency and draft my friend. Draft 2 LBs high and see if you can sign Jones, Hightower, Smith, or Mingo
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^^^This
3-4 requires your LB Corp to be a strength. It is the exact opposite of what we need.
lets just focus on getting a group of linebackers who could start for a girls highschool team
gofins60
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Thank Philbin and Coyle for this mess. Philbin inherited a Top 10 Defense with a Top 5 Rushing Defense. But, that wasn't what he and Coyle wanted. They switched schemes and during their first season the run defense dropped in the rankings. In year 2, Ireland swapped LBs and they fell further in the rankings. Let's not forget Philbin getting rid of talented players who he couldn't control. Big, strong CBs were replaced by little "finesse" guys who were pushed around by bigger WRs. After Philbin and Coyle were gone, Tannenbaum should have done something to improve the defense, but he was too busy trading away current and future draft picks for WRs... the only position with depth. It doesn't help that the new DC is looking a lot like Coyle with CBs 10 yards off the line of scrimmage when they should be hitting the WRs at the snap and an inability to stop the run and cover the middle of the field. Philbin and the Front Office built a team mainly filled with non-tackling, non-blocking, non-NFL caliber players and the roster needs to be rebuilt with tough, physical players. There really aren't that many players on the team worth keeping; too many of Miami's starters would be lucky to be a back-up on a good team.
IMO, it's a miracle that they earned a playoff berth.
IMO, it's a miracle that they earned a playoff berth.
tazthenomad
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Not that simple. We would need at least 4 good LBs to play a 3 - 4, not 2. We would need fits for the scheme and depth on greater numbers.
Phinatic8u
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I could see it. Gotta draft Tim Williams though.
My plan adds 3. Kiko can play in the 3-4
I would love to see the switch and it would force us to put a premium on LB play. It would also be a 2 year project but so is our current defense.
Can we use anybody we have now? Suh needs to be able to as hes our highest paid player
I would rather stay with a 4/3 hybrid. Draft a top LB, and sign 2 capable vets.
Draft a run stuffing DT and line him up next to Suh and Phillips.
Wake-Phillips-Draft DT-Suh
Suh would rush the passer from any gap.
Having Wake and Suh make QB sandwiches is the goal.
Draft a run stuffing DT and line him up next to Suh and Phillips.
Wake-Phillips-Draft DT-Suh
Suh would rush the passer from any gap.
Having Wake and Suh make QB sandwiches is the goal.
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Our interior d-line would transition just fine. Suh could play the DT 3 tech spot just as he is now in a 3-4.
3t - DT, 0t - NT, 5t - DE
Earl Mitchell played NT for Houston and that was Jordan Phillips position coming out of college as well.
We would need to retool the LB & DE units but we already need to do that anyway.