OT: Texans hire Wade Phillips, will switch to the 3-4 - New England Patriots Forums

***Deus Irae*** · 01-05-2011, 05:42 PM

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The Texans have hired Wade Phillips as their defensive coordinator, according to a person with knowledge of the decision.

Phillips, 63, spent much of the day at Reliant Stadium interviewing with coach Gary Kubiak and meeting with others in the organization, including owner Bob McNair and general manager Rick Smith.

Texans hire Phillips as defensive coordinator | Houston Texans Football | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

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The Texans will switch to a 3-4. Phillips will use Mario Williams like he used Bruce Smith, who had 65 sacks in 6 seasons under him.

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Froob · 01-05-2011, 05:47 PM

I wonder if the texans will make phillips their interm head coach if they have a bad enough start to the season.

Jared · 01-05-2011, 05:49 PM

I think Mario can play in a Wade's 3-4. He wouldn't fit nearly as well in ours.

***NEGoldenAge*** · 01-05-2011, 06:02 PM

How many 3-4 teams does that make, 14? A couple more teams would make it half of the NFL.

***Rob0729*** · 01-05-2011, 06:06 PM

Well, there are potentially four to five 3-4 teams that could be switched to another defense. The Cowboys, Browns, Broncos, 49ers, and Dolphins could or definitely are having regime changes. Cowher is very likely to take one head coaching job so either one of them will stay 3-4 or one of the other coaching openings will switch. The Bills shifted to a 4-3 during the year and may not switch back. The number of teams running the 3-4 could still go down even with Phillips going to Houston to run it.

***Rob0729*** · 01-05-2011, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by NEGoldenAge

How many 3-4 teams does that make, 14? A couple more teams would make it half of the NFL.

As I said in my last post, there could still be less teams running the 3-4 in 2011 than 2010 depending who fills the vacant positions.

***ausbacker*** · 01-05-2011, 06:18 PM

They'll still finish 7-9.

***NEGoldenAge*** · 01-05-2011, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob0729

Well, there are potentially four to five 3-4 teams that could be switched to another defense. The Cowboys, Browns, Broncos, 49ers, and Dolphins could or definitely are having regime changes. Cowher is very likely to take one head coaching job so either one of them will stay 3-4 or one of the other coaching openings will switch. The Bills shifted to a 4-3 during the year and may not switch back. The number of teams running the 3-4 could still go down even with Phillips going to Houston to run it.

True. I suppose the number of 3-4 defenses could rise also

***DaBruinz*** · 01-05-2011, 06:47 PM

Personally, I think it's foolishness for them to switch to the 3-4. They don't have the ILB depth needed to run it.

Williams will be a 3-4 DE for them.. Okoye their NT???

They'll definitely have plenty of depth for their D-line.

The question will be the OLB position and the ILB position. Beyond Ryans, who will play ILB for them successfully?

At OLB, they will have Barwin and Mark Anderson moving to new positions. Do they move Cushing inside next to Ryans or leave him at OLB?

This move tells me that Kubiak will be given through 2012 to do something.

***Sciz*** · 01-05-2011, 06:51 PM

Connor Barwin!