2010 NFL Off-Season Rumors and Reports (Week 5)

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Originally Posted by Pocket$ $traight

Who wouldn't? I was tilting towards Shanahan on this until I heard the guy on Kornheiser say that Shanny is forcing Haslett to install the 3-4. I think it is fine to move towards a 3-4 but the reason Shanahan was run out of Denver was his failings to build defenses. It is one thing to tell Haslett, "I want to be a 3-4 team in two years". It is completely different to force a 3-4 on your coordinator and run out the best defensive lineman in football on top of that and also render a double digit sack guy useless.

We aren't even 100% positive that we have the linebackers to suceed in the 3-4 and now we are crippling our defensive line? We do not have enough picks to completely revamp a defense and our offense was the main problem last year.

This looks like history repeating itself.

What guy said that? Was it LaCanfora? Shanahan's not forcing Haslett to run a 3-4. Shahanan hired Haslett because Haslett is well-versed in multiple defenses (including the 3-4 and the 4-3). We'll see a lot of both this year