01-07-2025, 11:36 AM
(01-06-2025, 01:50 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Two things to point out for the DC:
1) Bengals might look to make sure to bring in a guy who runs a 4-3 given that's the personnel they have been running for years. It would likely take an overhaul to convert it properly into a 3-4, and the Bengals aren't in a rebuilding mode.
2) We might see the new DC actually go back down to primarily 4 DBs instead of 5, going back to 3 LBs.
Noteworthy that Eberflus ran a 4-3 in his time in Indy.
I'm not an huge X's and O's guy but I was thinking about that too , would the Bengals be willing to run a 3-4 ? I'm sure other franchises have done it and when's the right time to switch ? The defense can't get worse and the best coordinators available might run 3-4's why eliminate them because you don't want to change ? What direction is the league trending towards are 3-4's harder to scheme against ? I feel like a lot more of these college edge guys are smaller weight wise and don't fit a 4-3 and you have to draft more plodding slower guys cause they need to anchor in a 4-3. Guys like Hubbard, Murphy or the big guys we always draft back in the day Will Clarke, Michael Johnson ,Hunt and so on. Do we have guys on the roster that could play in a 3-4 ? I believe Hendrickson played in a 3-4 with the Saints ? I think Mckinnley Jackson could play NT ? At 6'3 could Kris Jenkins jr. play a DE in a 3-4 ? Murphy has the length at 6'5 maybe he adds a few pounds an could make it work. Obviously you need more edge guys outside of Trey who can stand up. I think Wilson can play linebacker in a 3-4 ? Just asking for opinions and if it could work not saying it will or that we should.
