2010 NFL Free Agency Rumors and Reports (Week 2)

[IrMitchell]

Originally Posted by Mechanix544

Just because someone has never played in a 3-4 before does not mean we should trade a young talented LB away, or scrounge for a mediocre LB that has 3-4 experience. There are these things, these people, they are called coaches. And when handed a team, or implementing a system, they do this thing, its called coaching. Then the players learn from these, "Coaches", and then play the game of football after a period of being "Coached". Difficult concept, I know, but it has been known to work.

Its not that fricking hard to switch defenses. Especially for an athletic player like MacIntosh or blades.

Give Haslett and Shanahan a shot. Plus, I really think our base defense will become a Hybrid of the two anyway, where the personnell on the field doesnt necessarily change, but they move and shift around alot, blitzing from different spot, and lining up differently on each play. I actually dig the idea, but when dealing with this hybrid, a straight up 3-4 LB is not one we necessarily need. We need young talent that can be coached up, and learn this hybrid. This new defense could become the new big thing, or, the defensive "WildCat" if you would.

you nailed it.
The whole point of drafting a player is to hope they can help your team win the superbowl. If we're even considering trading a successful draft pick like Rocky because he doesn't know the 3-4 ILB position "YET" are we not going completely against that? It just seems a bit stupid to me to get a 31 year old guy who just got released by the Broncos and expect him to do any better than a kid fighting for his next big contract.
And about this defensive "WildCat", wouldn't that be nice. Get a guy like Kemo coming in on 1st and 2nd down with our OLBs for the 3-4. Then 3rd/4th down comes (or vice-versa) and we go right back to a 4-3 with Rocky, Wilson, potentially Carter. That would be a defining moment in defensive schemes I think.