Jackson and Dorsey are not 3-4 DE's. Dorsey is making strides but again, is not the ideal DE for a 3-4. Jackson has what, 1 or 2 sacks in 3 years? He is constantly blown off the ball and cannot beat 1-1 blocks. neither can Dorsey for that matter. Put those same 2 guys in a 4-3 and suddenly you have 2 badass DT's. The last time the Chiefs had a good 3-4 defense you had Neil Smith, Dan Saly and Joe Phillips. We have nothing of the sort. Plus if you're going to run a coverage defense you are better off in a 4-3. A 3-4 that doesn't constantly attack is not an effective 3-4, imo. We are 2-3 solid Dlineman and a good inside LB away from being an effective 3-4. That's assuming Dorsey continues to get better.

And all those players would play in a 43 as well, no?

Point being, we're just as far away from a good defense in the 43 as we are in the 34 - about 2-3 players.

We weren't the only team who wanted him and he came off an 11-5 record. The hope was he would be up and coming. Well, that was false hope.

Jackson and Dorsey are not average 5 techs. They are poor pass rushers, but they are very good against the run. Amon Gordon is good depth.

If Powe works out we are set at starters.

****ing up what we have put together on D the last two years is not something I am interested in doing.

Jackson has graded out well against the run unless I'm mistaken. Don't get blinded by the fact that he was a disastrous selection at #3 overall and not be able to recognize that he can contribute on some level.

Yep.

So good we rank 26th in the league against the run.

Denver with McDumbass
Tampa Bay

Those are the two who wanted him.

I don't think Dorsey or Jackson would fit in a 4-3 at all, and I think we'd have two find two new outside linebackers who can cover.

This defense is good enough to win a SB if Berry is OK, we get a NT and Houston keeps trending up.

Denver wanted him. More specifically, another douche with The Tree hanging out of his ass was equally as myopic as Pioli.

Mind bottling.

maybe Pioli sent Ray Charles to evaluate Cassel.

Hali and DJ have been far more productive in the 3-4 it would make no sense going back to the 4-3 at this point if those are the guys we're building around on defense.

Here we go with the stats.

That's a very deceptive ranking. PFF ranks the Chiefs as a top 10 run defense. Football Outsiders has us at 17th.

We've given up 4.1 YPC this year (15th) and the defense as a whole is allowing something like 19 PPG after the first two weeks.

Nothing wrong with this D Eric Berry won't fix.

Changing the scheme would be a huge setback.

Was this when Gruden was still the coach? IIRC he didn't get canned til very late in the process.

Still weak up the middle.