3-4 compared to 4-3

[srrono]

2010 stats and info


BASE DEFENSES
4-3: CIN, HOU, TEN, NYG, OAK, PHI, SEA, ATL, DET, TB, NO, STL, JAX
4-3/Tampa-2: IND, MIN, CHI, CAR
3-4: CLE, NE, SD, PIT, DAL, MIA, GB, SF, ARI, KC, DEN,BAL, NYJ, BUF,WAS




New York Jets W 17-16
Indianapolis

Baltimore W 30-7
Kansas City

New Orleans
Seattle W 41-36

Green Bay W 21-16
Philadelphia

Baltimore
Pittsburgh W 31-24

New York Jets W 28-21
New England

Green Bay W 48-21
Atlanta

Seattle
Chicago W 35-24

New York Jets
Pittsburgh W 24-19

Green Bay W 21-14
Chicago

Super Bowl
Pittsburgh
Green Bay W 31-25



ONLY 16 TEAMS REG SEASON RECORD 8-8 and ABOVE

3-4 (7 TOTAL)
NE 14-2
PIT 12-4
BAL 12-4
NYJ 11-5
KC 10-6
GB 10-6
SD 9-7

4-3 (7 TOTAL)
ATL 13-3
NO 11-5
NYG 10-6
PHI 10-6
TB 10-6
OAK 8-8
JAG 8-8

4-3 T2 (2 TOTAL)
CHI 11-5
IND 10-6

TOP 12 DEFENSES IN POINTS AGAINST
7 3-4
4 4-3
1 4-3 T2


PIT 14.5 3-4
GB 15 3-4
BAL 16.9 3-4
CHI 17.9 4-3 T2
ATL 18 4-3
NYJ 19 3-4
NO 19.2 4-3
NE 19.6 3-4
TB 19.9 4-3
SD 20.1 3-4
KC 20.4 3-4
STL 20.5 4-3


3-4 SACKS 35.6 INTS 16.5
4-3 SACKS 36 INTS 15
4-3 T2 SACKS 31.5 INTS 15-75


SACKS
3-4
pit 48
gb 47
cle 29
sd 47
ne 36
dal 35
mia 39
sf 36
arz 33
den 23
kc 38
buf 27
nyj 40
was 29
bal 27
total 534
avg 35.6


4-3
hou 30
cin 27
ten 40
nyg 46
oak 47
phi 39
sea 37
atl 31
det 44
tb 26
stl 43
no 33
jag 26
total 469
avg 36


4-3 T 2
ind 30
min 31
chi 34
car 31
total 126
avg 31.5


INTs
3-4
pit 21
gb 24
cle 19
sd 16
ne 25
dal 20
mia 11
sf 15
arz 17
den 10
kc 14
buf 11
nyj 12
was 14
bal 19
total 248
avg 16.5


4-3
hou 13
cin 16
ten 17
nyg 16
oak 12
phi 23
sea 12
atl 22
det 14
tb 19
STL 14
no 9
jag 13
total 200
avg 15


4-3 cover 2
ind 10
min 15
chi 21
car 17
total 63
avg 15.75

[dream_team]

How did you classify a team as a 'cover 2' team? Houston ran alot of cover 2, which I think is a big reason our pass coverage sucks. Our safeties are a terrible match for cover 2.

[srrono]

How did you classify a team as a 'cover 2' team? Houston ran alot of cover 2, which I think is a big reason our pass coverage sucks. Our safeties are a terrible match for cover 2.

I used a few different sites heres one
http://www.idpguru.com/2010/01/2010-defensive-coordinators-and-schemes.html

[The Pencil Neck]

How did you classify a team as a 'cover 2' team? Houston ran alot of cover 2, which I think is a big reason our pass coverage sucks. Our safeties are a terrible match for cover 2.

Technically, the Tampa-2 is a Cover-3. The middle linebacker is responsible for the deep middle and the safeties have the deep sides. So that's Cover-3.

But, yeah, most teams run a tampa-2 coverage from time to time. The Texans ran it quite a bit and you can even run it out of a 3-4 with one of the ILBs taking that deep middle. Our safeties and MLBs just didn't have the range to really run it well and you've got to be able to get good pressure with 4 linemen to really run the tampa-2 the way it was originally designed... and we didn't get that, either.

Even the teams that are traditionally tampa-2 because of their coaches are running more and more other looks now. Indy is much less of a tampa-2 team than it used to be.

[thunderkyss]

Found this in another thread. Figured we can use it in a 3-4/4-3 discussion.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n80/artoftroy/4-3%20Under%20Blitz%20Diagrams/Slide4UndervsDouble.jpg


From this & what we've heard about Wade's 3-4, we can see there won't be much difference between what Mario is going to be expected to do. Playing RDE in this formation, the NT is shaded to the strong side (which is the right side of the offense). SAM is on Mario's sholder.

The biggest difference, is that the LDE won't have a DT on his left shoulder. Instead, there would be no one there. In most cases, the weakside LB will be on the LDE's right shoulder, not the FS who will be able to play further off the line.

With such a formation, the one on one situation with the DL will be created by rushing LBs, the two ILBs can attack the guards on the inside, or the WiLL can attack the outside (LT) leaving the LDE one on one with a guard.

You would think this would allow the DEs to get more sacks, working in one-on-one situations. But historically, DEs in 3-4s don't get the numbers DEs in 4-3s do.