DT's...

[hines]

god i love the desperation of database hunting on this thread. man does this make me laugh.

[ARGHimaPirate]

In a 3-4 defense you essentially play 3 DT's. In a 4-3 you play 2 tackles and 2 ends. With the lack of DT's it makes a whole lot more sense to play a 4-3.

This is sort of accurate if we're talking about the NFL.

This is not the NFL.

This is college. And it's the Pac 10 - where, unless you're playing Stanford, having speed on the field is not a bad thing.

The point that the guy is trying to make, and the one I tried to make last week, is that we'll probably HAVE TO limit our reps for our DTs, and one of the ways we can get around that is by putting in more 3-4 schemes to get another linebacker out on the field.

In a perfect world, yeah, to run a 3-4 you want 3 Haloti Ngatas, but as we're all well aware, this isn't a perfect world. As is, we're going to be running short of DTs just to practice against.

This is why the 3-4 defense isnt whidly used in college. The lack of legit big men makes it hard to have the right personel. The key to a 34 defense is to occupy the Oline allowing the LBs to run free and attack gaps. If the Olinemen get to the next level after defeating smaller ends like the ones you would find on most college rosters, it completely minimizes the advantage of the LBs. A great example of a 34 DE is Igor who was a DT at Oregon. Not a DE.