Chicken or the egg?

Scheme or coaching?

Remember who the DC's were when they ran a 43.

You're still stuck with 2 4-3 DT's playing in a 3-4. You need big, strong guys that can beat 1-1 blocks at DE in a 3-4. If teams tried to single block Neil Smith he burned them and burned them bad. Jackson registers one sack in 3 years? That's not a good 3-4 DE. O-lineman are constantly on our LB's which is another sign of bad DE's.

Plus, romeo prefers a coverage strategy rather than an attacking one. If that's the case I have never thought a 3-4 to be a good read-n-react defense. My opinion is a 3-4 should be a blitzing and attacking defense with a really intense front 7 who can constantly bring it from anywhere and everywhere at any given time.

Weak up front period.

He has gotten better but I still think he gets eaten up too much by 1-1 blocks.

We're weak at NT.

Our MLBs are excellent and Berry is a beast in run defense.

They played in the 4-3 in college and were very, very good at it. Warren Sapp was probably one of the best DT's in recent history and when moved to a 3-4 he sucked ass.

Excellent? No. Belcher is average and DJ cannot cover a TE to save his life. Granted DJ is a beast agains the run and a great blitzer. I will live with 2 out of 3 but someone else has to be able to cover the TE's that are eating us alive.

No it was Rahemm Morris.

Dorsey is a terrible pass rusher. Putting him in the 4-3, where your DTs have to provide a pass rush, would be a mistake.

And it goes without saying that Jackson would be a terrible 4-3 pass rusher. And Houston should be playing DE in a 4-3 anyway.

So, basically you believe in angels.

Belcher is better suited to be a backup.

So glad we took the midget instead of the Nose Tackle that could have made a difference.

No, he's one of the better ILBs against the run in this league.

He's a fine starter. You guys want to replace every position when you see a player who isn't a Pro Bowler for some reason.

Totally disagree. Dorsey and Jackson are ideal 4-3 DT's. Quick off the ball and gap hitters. 3-4 DE's have to be block sponges. They have to be able to take on double-teams without being knocked off the ball. This is why we have no pass rush up the middle. A good 3-4 DE is going to take a single bloker and shove him into the QB's lap.

Anthony Davis was a great ILB in a 3-4. Belcher couldn't hold Davis' jock. Ray Lewis is a great 3-4 ILB. Belcher is nowhere even close.

We have no pass rush up the middle because our NT can barely win a 1 on 1.