Switch to 3-4 Defense a Failure

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Originally Posted by REDSKINS4ever

Simply because mostly every player involved in the defensive line rotation is either a free agent signing that played in the 4-3 defense with some other NFL team, a draft choice that played in a 4-3 in college such as Jarvis Jenkins at Clemson, or traded for some player that played in the 4-3 defense previously(Adam Carriker). It seems to me that the scouts would be doing the same thing that the Steelers and Ravens are doing. Terrace Cody played in a 3-4 defense at Alabama and was a 2nd round draft choice of the Ravens 2 years ago.

Not to mention Orakpo, Kerrigan, Riley, Keenan Robinson, and a few other LBs played as middle linebackers and/or defensive ends in a 4-3 defense in college and not in the 3-4. Its obvious as clearly as the eyes can see that the Redskins scouts are doing a poor job at scouting players who fit Haslett's 3-4 defense to a T. Sure, you can have natural DEs as Kerrigan and Orakpo play OLB in the 3-4, but they are not NATURAL 3-4 OLBs. They only fit because of their athletic ability and awareness. Same thing goes for Perry Riley. He didn't start a game in the 3-4 defense until his second year because he had to learn the scheme just like Keenan Robinson is doing now.

You and a lot of others are awfully hung up on this 3-4 thing.

Plenty of teams convert players coming out of college. Its not an uncommon thing at all. Not enough schools run a 3-4. You can't just limit drafting guys from 3-4 schools, that's really shrinking the pool of potential players.