anyhow, i’ve got to say – on winston moss’ alleged comments (can’t remember where i read them) – in essence he said he’d be a ‘motivator’ as a head coach (and leave the coordinating of offense and defense up to the oc and dc). i wouldn’t list motivating as one of his strong points, if the motor of the lb’s this year is any indication.

on another unrelated note: and everyone thinks ed hochuli is such a tough guy
http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews_photos/0d/07/20080209190509990035

When I was in high school we used to run a 4-4 defense. Back 4 were offset to front 4, We used to run cross blitz’s out of it; sometimes we had the backers & ends up front but most times we had the guards & tackles on the front –ends would usually drop back to outside flats and backers cover shallow middle. Usually we would run a cross backer blitz 3 or 4 times during a defensive serires. Backers took a shutter step then crossed and came in between the tackles & guards. The real reason we ran it though is it was a very simple scheme to understand and we needed it to be as simple as possible.

I’m suer that just bored the hell out of all of you bit it was fun to reminesce (damn joshy–now you got me worried about every word I’m misspelling now–what are you an english major)?

defense in football = offense in war. the will to attack, and the ability to react quickly to he who has the ‘high ground’ (the ball). here’s an outline about 3-4 vs. 4-3: http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80d6974b&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true – the last little paragraph is a good summary

“The 3-4 defense offers flexibility in looks, features quicker athletes rushing from the outside and forces offensive adjustments that empty the backfield. Not many teams want to be in a 4-3 defense when the opponent has a 3-by-2 empty set with no one in the backfield except the quarterback. However, 3-4 teams are ready for that adjustment with a three-man rush while many four-man fronts have to pop out a lineman into coverage.

The NFL’s top two defenses (Pittsburgh and Baltimore) are 3-4 teams. The top two defenses in sacks (Dallas and Pittsburgh) are 3-4 teams. Therefore, it might be time to consider the 3-4 a better package against modern offenses.”

i realize the personnel issue is real, but i think if it’s possible to slowly edge your way into a 3-4, by introducing it bit by bit as you acquire players — if that’s possible — is really in our best interest. if Terrell Suggs is available, he’d be a good start.

on another note, if ‘mike and mike’ start using the name Penitentiary Jones in a few weeks, you know i’ll be taking credit with every comment thereafter for a year or so. it probably won’t though – Penitentiary is too hard to spell for braindead oafs like myself (no offense Coop56, you probably just blindly cut and paste like i did).

that is all.

No – though that was partly what caused Nolan’s defense to be so ineffective in San Fran…

4-3, 3-4 combo? Sure Nolan did it in San Fran and if you go back to the Packers of the mid-ninties, they had a 4-3 base but threw in a 3-4 set regularly.