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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2
I'm old enough to remember when KC fans were clamoring to switch from a 4-3 to a 3-4 and were happy when the change was made.
The top 3 defenses in terms of points allowed this year are Chicago, Baltimore and Tennessee. What are their base packages?
It isn't a matter of the 3-4 being bad in and of itself. The way Sutton played it, yes - major problems. The way other DC's call coverages and blitzes, not as much of a problem.
It isn't unreasonable, moronic or stupid for people to have preferred that KC stay in a 3-4 and build of off the existing good pass rush.
If you lose Houston and Ford, who is the blue chip talent on defense? Jones as a rusher? And ....?
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People just need to get over the 4-3, 3-4
Dee Ford's ass is likely out the door not because of the scheme switch. It's probably gone because he's going to be expensive, and he's also a butt****ing moron who can't line up correctly.
Justin Houston for the same reason. If he's gone, it's because he's really ****ing expensive. Not because we made the scheme switch. If we had stayed with the 3-4, we might have let these guys walk anyway.
Again. The scheme switch is nice because it will be friendlier to young players, which means we don't have to rely on brokedick vets. We also have all kinds of out-of-place talent we've acquired like Hitchens, Kpass, and Speaks that might find new life in this defense, because the way things were going for them in the 3-4, they were going to be busts. No, it's not a guarantee, but it gives us a better chance with them.
That's a positive of the switch. There are drawbacks to it as well. You and BleedingVagina have brought them up. Do the positives outweigh the negatives? That's where the disagreement is.