3-4 Defense.

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  1. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    3-4 Defense

    Seems like the biggest downside to the 3-4 in college right now is that the NG is a tough spot to recruit. Your competitors will tell kids that they will hate playing NG in the 3-4, and even though most of the top NFL defenses use the 3-4 or some variation of it, they'll probably tell kids that the 3-4 hurts them in getting ready for the NFL.
     
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    Terry,

    Yep, you hit it on the head. When the Wrecking Crew was running roughshod over teams back in the 90's, we used the 3-4. Very easy to recruit LB's to it, and not too bad for DE's... but finding that guy who is willing and able to take on a double or triple team EVERY down is hard.
    And there will be TONS of negative recruiting as you mentioned.
    Back then, most NFL teams were running 4-3 so it might not be as bad these days...

    I'm happy to be seeing the return at Kyle!!
     
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    The Gators use the 3 - 4 a lot. There was some speculation that we would switch to it as the base formation, but that hasn't happened.
     
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