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Title: The 4-3 defense VS the 3-4 defense
Post by: MightyGiants on January 05, 2008, 11:20:38 AM

What do people feel are the relative strengths and weaknesses of each?

Which do you prefer? Why?

Title: Re: The 4-3 defense VS the 3-4 defense
Post by: spider68 on January 05, 2008, 07:00:16 PM

Here

Title: Re: The 4-3 defense VS the 3-4 defense
Post by: dasher on January 06, 2008, 12:48:51 AM

I do know that New England, Pittsburgh, San Diego and Dallas all played the 3-4 and won their divisions this year. I am not sure if anyone else played it or not besides Baltimore and they've had a great D until this year. As we did when we played it.

Title: Re: The 4-3 defense VS the 3-4 defense
Post by: MightyGiants on January 08, 2008, 12:22:13 PM

Dasher I have seen both systems used with great success. It's my opinion that it's better to be in the minority of teams running a particular defense, than in the majority. When you are in the minority there is less competition for players and teams are less used to facing it.

Here are a couple of more good articles and the 3-4 and the 4-3

http://football.calsci.com/DefensiveLine.html

http://football.calsci.com/DefensiveLine3.html

THE 3-4 DEFENSE

(http://football.calsci.com/images/3-4.png)

THE 4-3 DEFENSE

(http://football.calsci.com/images/4-3.png)

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