Bruschi: 4-3

[borg]

On NFL Live, Bruschi said the transition is under way for the 4-3 defense with Mayo making plays

 

[jbb9s]

On NFL Live, Bruschi said the transition is under way for the 4-3 defense with Mayo making plays

i am sure he is just saying that to throw off the Bills.

 

[sieglo]

Personally I think the Pats are moving to the 3.5-3.5.

 

[patriots pam]

Yup. Also, when he made his SB pick, he picked NE over NYG. Woodson (who picked NYG over SD) called him a homer and he chuckled and agreed...but then Tedy said that he was basing that not on the offense, but rather the D, and expected Wilfork and Warren to really step it up.

Intersting. Very interesting. Or he's just feeding into my need to believe that BB has some defensive shock and awe up his sleeve that nobody suspects! Whichever! Something has to get me through until Monday night!

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

It would make sense.

How many teams in the NFL have now attempted to make this transition since the Patriots won three SBs? 10?

Nose tackles, hybrid defensive ends/ OLBs, all of these players are now much more difficult to get at a good value.

Once again, the joke's on the rest of the league. While everyone rushes to play catch up, the Patriots will be switching to the same defense that these teams had two years ago, and they are now struggling with their transitions.

Probably be two months before the Jets attempt to switch back to the 4-3 because that's what Belichick's doing.

 

[Patriot_in_NY]

On NFL Live, Bruschi said the transition is under way for the 4-3 defense with Mayo making plays

Kinda like they did in the later half of 2001 when Bruschi emerged as a pivital leader at MLB. Imagine that. That D was suffocating as I remember.






p.s. BB in his WEEi spot this week talked about that period (although not about his plans this year) and he says that the D that was used from game 10 on in 2001 was predicated on the play/skills of the MLB and Bruschi's emergence that year allowed them to go in that direction. He talked about it only being possible based on the leadership at that position.

btw, the way that BB has talked Mayo up this offseason, and the fact that he was named as D caption seems pretty significant and telling. What position does he play again?

People will be surprised.

 

[Patdown93]

Does anyone know if Pryor and Brace are better suited to the 4 - 3 than 3 - 4?

The only drawback to this for me is I have to get used to playing 4 - 3 in Madden haha.

 

[signbabybrady]

Yup. Also, when he made his SB pick, he picked NE over NYG. Woodson (who picked NYG over SD) called him a homer and he chuckled and agreed...but then Tedy said that he was basing that not on the offense, but rather the D, and expected Wilfork and Warren to really step it up.

Intersting. Very interesting. Or he's just feeding into my need to believe that BB has some defensive shock and awe up his sleeve that nobody suspects! Whichever! Something has to get me through until Monday night!

Bruschi is a smaht dude...This De is going to be sick. Talent up and down the roster and people just want to point at what is gone but Wilfork, Warren, Mayo, Thomas, Bodden, Merriweather to anchor the De and guys like Green, wright, Guyton, Springs, Whilhite, Sanders to round it out and the rooks to back up and potentially step it up. looks good to me.

 

[pats1]

No! It's all just preseason posturing. The Pats are just practicing for the 4-3. They'd never switch from the 3-4!

(anyone who has read my posts in the last month knows I'm joking)

 

[363839]

No! It's all just preseason posturing. The Pats are just practicing for the 4-3. They'd never switch from the 3-4!

(anyone who has read my posts in the last month knows I'm joking)

Furthermore, after watching the Steeler/Titan game last night, and seeing the middle/inside linebacker blitz the qb and getting the sack, I can just see Jerod making similar plays.
I have a feeling Mayo will be blitzing a lot this year.
Team sack leader in 09 unless AD starts in on a tear.
That would be ok, too.

 

[lamafist]

Going from the 3-4 to the 4-3 is a fairly nominal change if the Pats keep the gap scheme the same.

I wonder if the Pats are going to a scheme more like the Jags use, with the two interior lineman playing 2-gap, and the two ends playing a more traditional rushing role.

Makes sense, the way the offenses are using predominantly 3+ WRs, trying to create room for the backs by spreading out the defense as opposed to powering over it.

 

[bucky]

Does anyone know if Pryor and Brace are better suited to the 4 - 3 than 3 - 4?

I would say they're better suited for 4-3 simply because that's where they played in college.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

I don't think BB is ever going to go full time in one defense or the other. I think the 4-3 may be more prominent this year, but there will still be elements of the 3-4 sprinkled in to the game plans.

 

[Holy Diver]

Once we sign Adam Seward, Belichick will unveil his "1" defense...

Adam Seward playing all defensive positions, and making his own calls.

 

[mgteich]

I don't know how much 4-3 we will run this year. I am fairly certain that what defense Brace and Pryor played in college is irrelavant to the decision. Last I heard they aren't starters. If they are starters, then we have indeed dismantled our defense to start again.

 

[bucky]

I don't know how much 4-3 we will run this year. I am fairly certain that what defense Brace and Pryor played in college is irrelavant to the decision. Last I heard they aren't starters. If they are starters, then we have indeed dismantled our defense to start again.

Just answering the question, not drawing any conclusions from it.

I think if you look at the front 7 players on the entire roster, you will find more players who are better fits in the 4-3 (Jarvis, Burgess, Wright, all the rooks) than the 3-4 (Woods, TBC, Warren). However, for the majority of the players the front shouldn't matter. So I fully expect to see both defenses used as a "base".

 

[jays52]

In switching to the 43, the Patriots open up a ton of potential for their defense.

They have the option to two gap. Before I get in too deep here, let's think about what their starting 43 will look like. Burgess, Warren, Wilfork, Green. This is backed by (Will to Sam) Guyton, Mayo, Thomas. Look at that on paper and think about it. That would be regarded as one of the best front 7's in the entire NFL. Nevermind two of the best two gappers in the league flanked by highly capable ends. The tandem of Warren and Wilfork is vastly superior to Henderson and Stroud, who were regarded as the best interior tandem in the NFL not too long ago. While they two gap, it will enable the linebackers (remember: all of which are sub 4.6 guys)to pursue and get after the football freely and unobstructed. Our linebackers in the 43 set are flat out the best in the league on paper.

They also have the option of one gapping. In the one gap scheme, they shift Wilfork to the three tech, allow him to get after it, and attack the LOS with a myriad of looks. This will enable their best defender to become their focal point, and will clearly create unmitigated chaos behind the LOS. While I am as staunch a proponent of the 34 as there will ever be, this team in the 43 will revert to 03 defensive form. I never thought that I would say this, but I'm dying to see the 43.

 

[JSn]

I wish I understood the 43 more. Everyone says that makes Mayo utterly fearsome. Why in the 43 as opposed to the 34?

 

[pats1]

I wish I understood the 43 more. Everyone says that makes Mayo utterly fearsome. Why in the 43 as opposed to the 34?

In the 3-4, Mayo takes on a guard like a DT does.

 

[Patriot_in_NY]

In switching to the 43, the Patriots open up a ton of potential for their defense.

They have the option to two gap. Before I get in too deep here, let's think about what their starting 43 will look like. Burgess, Warren, Wilfork, Green. This is backed by (Will to Sam) Guyton, Mayo, Thomas. Look at that on paper and think about it. That would be regarded as one of the best front 7's in the entire NFL. Nevermind two of the best two gappers in the league flanked by highly capable ends. The tandem of Warren and Wilfork is vastly superior to Henderson and Stroud, who were regarded as the best interior tandem in the NFL not too long ago. While they two gap, it will enable the linebackers (remember: all of which are sub 4.6 guys)to pursue and get after the football freely and unobstructed. Our linebackers in the 43 set are flat out the best in the league on paper.

They also have the option of one gapping. In the one gap scheme, they shift Wilfork to the three tech, allow him to get after it, and attack the LOS with a myriad of looks. This will enable their best defender to become their focal point, and will clearly create unmitigated chaos behind the LOS. While I am as staunch a proponent of the 34 as there will ever be, this team in the 43 will revert to 03 defensive form. I never thought that I would say this, but I'm dying to see the 43.

......... and correct me if I'm wrong the current set up (paper-wise), probably is stronger then the 2003 4-3 set up of Hamilton, Washington, Sey and Willie up front and Phifer, Bru and Vrabel at LB..... (which I beleive was the base).

Though, we're probably weaker in the back...... okay... almost certainly weaker. Still, I don't get why everyone thinks our D will suck this year. Like you, I'm pretty pumped with the potential.