phins_4_ever
E12 FH Tailgate Gang
^I don't think we'll run a 3-4 on every single down like we did 10 years ago. Flores will switch things up. As far as the players we'll need, we'd need at least 6 new D-line players and at least 6 or 7 new LB's. That is including back ups of course. The main thing here of course is finding the NT and at least one but really two edge players that can rush the QB. Like the article said, we have this off season to start getting those players and the 2020 off season to get the rest of them.
This....
3-4...4-3...it often doesn't matter anymore. If anybody thinks that you can be successful deploying continuously one of these base defenses you might want to time warp back.
According to BB they only play 10-15% in their base defense alignment.
If you want to know what to expect you should read this article:
http://blog.masslive.com/patriots/2018/08/do_new_england_patriots_run_a.html