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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
I don't know why people are down on 2 gap.
Our biggest problems are we have a huge liability at nose tackle, which we all know is critically important. We have a soft team playing with no discipline which is a coaching problem.. And we have a poor scheme because we have no defensive coordinator.
These are problems we'd have regardless of whether we played a 2 gap.
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The best 3-4 defenses in the league play 1-gap.
The 2-gap defense is based on maintaining your responsibilities - hold the point here here and here and you'll stop the offense. The modern NFL is slanted so thoroughly in favor of the passing game that it's just not possible to play passive defense anymore. The modern game just doesn't allow for it to work.
The best 3-4 defenses give up yards and occasional big plays. They also make big plays at critical times and give the ball back to the offense.