Fans of teams now in a 3-4 defense

[thenmber2]

Quote: Originally Posted by NOBLE

What do you need to know about the Cardinals? LOLB - Chike/Haggans LILB - Hayes RILB - Dansby ROLB - Berry/Laboy

Cool, thanks. Do you also know who's slated along the DL?

[SHO]

The d-line is actually a wash because Robinson, Dockett and Campbell play all three positons, but if I had to pick definite slots it'd be....

LE - Robinson/Campbell/Iwebema
DT - Watson/Branch
RE - Dockett/Campbell

[ShimSham]

Quote: Originally Posted by ShimSham

For the Packers, while a true depth chart hasn't been released, they've talked about where a lot of players will fit into the 3-4 over the past few months. As you said, Kampman is definitely a 3-4 now, I'm going to assume they'll put him on the strong side since that's where he's always played. (LOLB) Hawk and Barnett are looking like they'll be the two ILBs. I've heard Barnett will likely play the weak side, with Hawk on the strong. Chillar and Desmond Bishop would be the two backups there. The question is then the opposite OLB. Potentially, Poppinga could play there, but I'd put him more as a backup to Kampman. I think two guys who could definitely challenge to start are Jason Hunter and Jeremy Thompson. Both gained a fair amount of weight last year trying to play 4-3 DE, but they both have much slimmer frames than that and will likely slim back down to a more comfortable weight. Jeremy Thompson is a fantastic athlete, I really think he will benefit a LOT from going to a 3-4 OLB position. I think I remember even hearing Parcells liked him a lot coming out of college last year. As for the defensive line, I think it's pretty set. Cullen Jenkins will likely win the RE spot. He's an absolute beast when healthy who could play 4-3 DE and DT very well. I think he'll definitely win the starting spot at RE. Ryan Pickett is almost assuredly the starting Nose Tackle. The LE spot is a big question mark. Could go to Johnny Jolly, Montgomery, Harrell or even Alfred Malone. I'd also say Harrell is most likely the guy right behind Pickett for the NT position, but I think he'll also be able to play 3-4 end. And it might better suit him with his back problems and all, he can stay around 300lbs, rather than need to put on even more weight.

Few changes after day one of the draft.

I feel like Raji is the natural backup at NT to Pickett for 2009, probably the starter at the position in 2010. However Dom Capers has talked about how he feels he can put Raji at DE as well so I feel like the starting line for Madden would be Jenkins-Pickett-Raji, and then mix it up with different packages.

As for Matthews, I feel like he will be the day one starter opposite Aaron Kampman. Though I think Matthews will be on the strong side and have Kampman move to the weak.

[MikeMcMahon]

Quote: Originally Posted by ShimSham

As for Matthews, I feel like he will be the day one starter opposite Aaron Kampman. Though I think Matthews will be on the strong side and have Kampman move to the weak.

The strong side backer lines up over the tight end, so coverage skills are always a big plus. Matthews on the strong side would make a lot more sense.

[Yashi]

Word on the Chiefs is that Tamba Hali participated as an OLB in minicamp. Todd Haley said Dorsey will play DE in the 3-4. If the season started today their starting front seven would probably look like this:

DE - Tyson Jackson
NT - Tank Tyler
DE - Glenn Dorsey
OLB - Mike Vrabel
ILB - Derrick Johnson
ILB - Zach Thomas
OLB - Tamba Hali

[inferno203]

im a packers fan and i love what we did in the draft... im quite happy... as for the chiefs ^^^^^ that doesnt look bad at all.... a lot better then a year ago.

[sportyguyfl31]

I'm curious to see if Rex Ryan will throw Vernon Gholston out there and see if the kid can play flying off the edge.

[veliz24]

What I could find was that www.kffl.com has the best and most updated Depth Charts ... They can tell you who and where they are playing and who needs to change from DT to DE ... DE to OLB ... and OLB to MLB.

Hope it helps...