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KingZeter
Profile Joined January 2011
United States19 Posts
April 11 2011 18:47 GMT
#41
This was a great introductory post. Like has been pointed out the roles of D-Lineman in a 4-3 differ hugely from their role in the 3-4. But this post does a good job of cutting the more in depth analysis and getting to the meat of the subject.

I was actually thinking about doing Madden style defense introduction, help people to pick the right formation, and play on defense based on what personnel the offense brings out.

By the way, if you play Madden, and pick your defense before the offense picks their play, don't. You should have a general idea of what you want to run, the most important part is the formation you pick, mostly do you want 4 DBs, or 5. However if they come out in the spread, and you picked 4-3 or 3-4. You're probably screwed.

Moral of the story. Defensive personnel is entirely dependent on offensive personnel.
No matter what happens, you always have your own parachute.
BloodNinja
Profile Joined June 2010
United States2791 Posts
April 11 2011 21:12 GMT
#42
On April 12 2011 00:40 Hawk wrote:
Ratliff is 300++, which is similar to his DEs. Still smaller for a NT but yeah, def not a huge blob. My point is that the role is usually different for 3-4 and 4-3 DT. The former is generally lane plugging first to free the LBs and rushing 2nd. Vice versa for 4-3

bsing football strategy makes me realize how sad I will be come fall


Yep, I realize he is still 300+. He just fills a completely different role than the "typical" NT and it shows off the flexibility of the 3-4.

I dont think we will have to worry about losing a season. There is too much money on the line to keep the lockout in place during the season. I think worst case is we lose a couple pre-season games.
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