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I am pretty sure that I read on-line that they will be moving shortly to the Tampa 2 and how they were going to best utilize Hampton on the interior of the line. When Lebeau was in Cincy he ran the 4-3.

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All the better for us but I don't think it's smart for them. Their personnel has been built around the 3-4 for so long it'll be a tough change that will likely set them back. I have a friend from Maryland who's a die-hard Steelers fan and he's praying they don't switch. I haven't read that they will yet.

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Box_O_Rocks

I hope you are right, it would be a boon for the Pats.

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BelichickFan

Having two Tampa 2 teams in this year's SB won't hurt, you know how quickly teams copycat others.

DaBruinz

Dallas is probably going to move to the 4-3 now that Parcells is gone. It remains to be seen based on who they hire.

Box_O_Rocks

I thought I read where Wade Phillips was high on the hire list because they wanted to keep the 3-4?

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DaBruinz

Actually, the down here in Dallas is that Jerry Jones is leaning towards a return by Norv Turner. Other possibilities could be Singeltary or Jason Garrett, but Turner is the front runner. That could, of course, all change depending on what jones happens to be thinging on any particular day.

Seneschal2

Update:

Based on the thread response so far, here's where we're at:

The initial six 3-4 teams...

NE
Cleveland
Pitt
SD
Dallas
Baltimore

...while these 4 remain uncertainties:

Pitt (may change to a 4-3)
Dallas (may change to a 4-3 now that Parcells is gone)
Baltimore (no longer uses the 3-4 as their base D)
SF (will be changing to a 3-4)

Leaving only 3 teams for certain who use a 3-4...

NE
Cleveland
SD

Once we have an accurate list, we can start looking at which teams need LBs...

Any thoughts?

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TomBrady'sGoat

Weren't the Jets forced to play the 4-3 because of personnel and not philosophy? I can't imagine Mangini not installing the 3-4.

Box_O_Rocks

Pitt is a 3-4 team until we see differently, we may get a feel for them in FA, but I'd expect them to stick to the 3-4 for now.

NYJ are a base 3-4 team who will morph per the game plan - look at the re-signing money spent on Thomas who has been a 4-3 DE bust but came on like gang busters as a 3-4 OLB. Watch for them to be looking at someone like Adam Carriker who looked like a natural 3-4 DE in the Senior Bowl, he would probably platoon with Kimo like Warren did with Hamilton.

Baltimore is a 4-3 team, have been since Mike Nolan went to SF. Ray Ray won't allow them to go back if they wanted to.

Miami is a 3-4 team until we see a different direction, Dom Capers is still the DC.

Herm occasionally did a little 3-4 when he was screwing the Jets, KC probably won't change from a base 4-3, but they may want the same kind of players for the odd in-game morph.

Dallas is the team to watch, their 3-4 struggled too much because Parcells never really got a 3-4 DC, he was trying to re-train a 4-3 man in house. That said, I doubt they dump many guys on the market since BP also wanted versatile players.

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