Scheme change?

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(12-01-2019, 11:42 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: With our current personnel, switching to a 3-4 would be like trying to cram square pegs into round holes.  

Running an effective 3-4 requires having 4 good LBs, each with defined and specific skill sets.  Right now, the Bengals can't even field 3 average LBs with general skill sets.

(12-01-2019, 12:38 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: In a 3-4 the LB's are the stars of the defense.

I could not think of a worse fit for us than a 3-4. We basically play 2 LB's now and can't even find 2 good ones. We'd need to find 4.

They are already running a ton of 34 looks right now and it's not really just "Linebackers". 

They have a ton of guys that can actually make the switch fairly easily. Sam Hubbard, Carlos Dunlap, and Carl Lawson can all fill one of the linebacker roles as they are essentially a down lineman. Brown, Geno, Wren, Topou, Wren, Billings, Hubbard, and Dunlap can all fill interior positions in a rotation. They need help with the 2 off the ball linebackers and that's true in either defense they run 43 or 34. Germaine Pratt looks to be coming along but they need to add more there starter and depth.

What they really need to make the switch is a Jack Linebacker that they dont have...I just posted in the Draft forum that K'Lavon Chaisson would fill this role perfectly.