Mike Shanahan elaborates on what Redskins' defense will be
 

Sounds like a 3-4 base isn't necessarily set in stone

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Nice sidestepping of the question without really saying anything new about Haynesworth....love that he is, at face value at least, trying to adapt the scheme to the personnel though

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"Until you actually know what your personnel is, I think it's a little premature." :thumb:

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[quote=53Fan;678335]"Until you actually know what your personnel is, I think it's a little premature." :thumb:[/quote]

What? Adapt your defense to better fit the personnel you have? Unheard of in D.C.!

What will they think of next? Doing the same thing on offense? Nah. Too radical.

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Seems like we are going to do hybrid style, just like Arizona's? If we actually are going to use 3-4, I really hope the transition would go smoothly, just like Green Bay did last year..

Edit: at the ending, Shanahan sounded like if Redskins coaches will create their own version of 3-4 style..

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Believe me its 3-4, shanahan just doesn't want coaches around the league to start planing for it. It's been known for a while, he's just trying to throw you off or think of something else to get you to think "Ohh maybe its going to be a 4-3 instead"

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i agree that shanahan has no reason to admit we're switching to a 3-4 right now. however, i also agree that he'd be a complete moron to switch to a base 3-4 with the current personnel we have in place. As of right now, the only prototypical 3-4 player we've added to our defense is a NT who can't even pass a physical. we had a shortage of good linebackers when running the 4-3 - there's no way we can switch to the 3-4 without acquiring alot more talent. free agency is dwindling down. we only have 5 draft picks and, by all appearances, we won't be drafting anyone before the 4th round who doesnt play offense. there's plenty of time before our 53-man roster is finalized, but unless/until we do a significant overhaul of our defensive front 7, i think the chances are we'll be keeping a base 4-3 for another year.

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Adapt the defense to fit the personnel??

Holy crap!!! I just saw a flying pig.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;678375]Adapt the defense to fit the personnel??

Holy crap!!! I just saw a flying pig.[/quote]

Are you sure that was a pig i thought it was a cow jumping over the moon.

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I think he wants teams to believe that we still might nab Suh or G. mccoy, thus giving us some leverage for trades. Or maybe takings one of those guys is a real possibility?

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MS he's looking to trade out of #4 & pick up more picks. IMO. Don't show your hand.

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^^ I would love to trade out of the 4 and get more picks. The offensive line talent is so deep in this draft we could get our OL of the future in this draft alone.

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This is what you get when you have a true professional coach. A guy who'll take what he has in personnel and make a scheme to maximize it.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;678375]Adapt the defense to fit the personnel??

Holy crap!!! I just saw a flying pig.[/quote]

LOL. Seriously. I don't think "elaborate" is the right word.

To paraphrase: Are we a 4-3? Maybe when camp comes around we'll realize we're more of a 4 man front kind of team. Or maybe we're a 3-4. Will we be more like Pitt, Dal, NE, or SD? Who really knows? You can't really make those decisions until you see how your personnel plays.

Shanahan talked for a while and basically said nothing.

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[quote=Mattyk;678314]Sounds like a 3-4 base isn't necessarily set in stone

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It may depend on when Kemo is ready. Phat Al obviously doesn't want to be a full time nose so they need Kemo to fill that role.

Although I think a front 4 of Carter (Jarmon, Lorenzo), Godzilla, Kemo and Philip Daniels is disgusting.

I love how big our defensive line has become.