12-19-2016, 12:48 PM
(12-19-2016, 10:43 AM)bengals67 Wrote: This is my question.
Steelers can get a pass rush because the QB does not always know who is rushing.
In a 4-3, the o line has a better chance to prepare for who is coming.
Our D line has truthfully been about as bad this season as the o line. Game after game they cannot get any consistent pressure on the opposing QB.
This leads me to another issue about Marvin- I think he is stuck in 1980s football theory as opposed to staying up with the newest strategies.
There is a reason why Pittsburg, New England and Ravens run a 3-4 and get better pressure on QBs than Bengals out dated 4-3.
New England actually was running more 4-3 than 3-4 this year with Long and Sheard as proto 4-3 DE's. the best teams have enough good personnel to run several different fronts. Our standard vanilla 4-3 was good enough to be the #2 defense in the league last year.
