Bengals Defense now 3-4 hybrid

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(03-04-2020, 09:36 PM)sandwedge Wrote: I actually caught that when the article came out, but I thought it was a typo. With the size of the LBs coming out this year, a lot of them in the 220 lbs range, the switch to the 3-4 makes sense.

I think in general that the 4-3 was effective against the so-called smash-mouth AFC North.  But with the advent of more and more VERY mobile QBs, and the speed on offenses in general, I think the day of the slow, plodding LB are over.  Speed on the edges and speed at pass rush.  Oddly, the one time we go to this system is when they are weakest at LB.  I am betting that is where their first FA signing comes from.