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Originally Posted by Buster
Absolutely. I say we keep him into Year 3 MINIMUM.
Next year we should get more personnel to help the transition but don't expect the world yet. Year 3...we should be where we want to be.
The Packers and every other defense who makes this transition has at least one bad year until it's completed, but they're all FAR better after the 3-4 switch is done.
Teams that use the 3–4 defense/2010 rank:
San Diego Chargers/1st
Pittsburgh Steelers/2nd
New York Jets/3rd
Green Bay Packers/5th
Miami Dolphins/6th
Baltimore Ravens/11th (aging, usually higher)
San Francisco 49ers/13th
Kansas City Chiefs/14th
Cleveland Browns/22nd
Dallas Cowboys/23rd
Buffalo Bills/24th
New England Patriots/25th (fallen...old D)
Arizona Cardinals/29th
Houston Texans/30th (fallen - bad year)
Washington Redskins/31st (transitioning)
Denver Broncos/32nd
Many of these teams are at the top of the league NOW. 5 out the top 6 defenses are teams who have completed the 3-4 transition. Some had an off yerar (Houston, Buffalo) and a few are aging and falling (New England, Baltimore) but were dominant at their peak.
A few just don't have the players yet. We're one of them.
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What has ever happened in NFL history that would suggest that we keep him 3 years? What dc has ever been ranked 31st in their first year and ever panned out later? Talk about not having the right players? Who did denver have last year when they were ranked 7th under Mike Nolan in their first year of transition? And what are you talking about when you say that Green Bay took time to transition? They were ranked 2nd in the league in their first year in the 3-4 under Dom Capers.
Also Houston was a 4-3 last year, and (preemptively saying this to cover my bases) Mike Nolan switched from Denver to Miami this year to bring them from 22nd to 6th in his first year with them while Denver dropped from 7th to 32nd without him as their DC.
People who know how to run the 3-4 know how to run it, people who don't...don't. Give me even ONE example of a dc starting his first year ranked bottom 5 in the league that has panned out later and I will put my foot in my mouth.