11-01-2016, 09:44 PM
(10-31-2016, 10:23 AM)Au165 Wrote: It is not "more than scheme" it is perception of most fans versus football reality. The most sacks by a LB not in a 3-4 scheme is 2. 4-3 LB's do not get pressure because that is not their job. Even when you send them the reality is they tend to be smaller guys because they have to cover so they don't get "home" very much. OLB in a 3-4 are just more athletic and smaller DEs. Don't compare our LB's to 3-4 LBs compare our DEs to 3-4 LBs and when you do that we are comparable.
Don't compare this statement with me thinking our linebackers are good, because they aren't. They aren't good though because they aren't good at coverage or tackling for that matter, but it isn't because they can't blitz.
What I don't understand is why Marvy Lewis insists on using a 4-3 scheme with big, slow, LBs who are required to, but can't, cover in space. It would seem he needs to change something...
