3/4 Switch this year ?

[BengalChris]

With the depth the Bengals have on the DL they could literally switch between schemes many times a game.

As others have mentioned, we play in the nickle 70% of the time, so if you take out a LB if you want 4 DL or you take out a DL if you want 3 DL.

Then there are 3rd downs where we put 4 DEs out there or 3 DEs and 1 LB on the line of scrimmage.

So, I'm not sure it really matters much if the team has a base of 3/4 or 4/3. And, as others have mentioned, the secondary scheme matters more.

Now, when we talk about run defense, we might improve with a base 3/4. Not sure.