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<blockquote data-quote="milani" data-source="post: 942925" data-attributes="member: 6654"><p>Good descri</p><p></p><p>Good description of the 46. Now the 46 was also a gambling one. The Bears could do it because they had the better athletes. In their 2 initial playoff wins they shut down the running game of the Giants and Rams. They left a lot of one on one coverage and neither opponent could capitalize. Another observation to point out is that back even in the days of Otto Graham, Unitas, Van Brocklin, Tittle, Starr, and Jurgenson the NFL was a run first league. Far fewer TD passes and fewer passes altogether. The evolution of the 3-4 would have come sooner if defensive coaches believed it would have worked. Coaching innovators like Paul Brown, George Allen, Tom Landry, and Hank Stram would have jumped at the chance if they thought it would work at the time. Recall that in those days a holding penalty on the offense was 15 yards not 10. 1st and 25 or 3rd and 20 forced a lot of punts. The 3-4 made its mark when the teams went pass happy and the rules were made to help the offense. Recall that illegal contact after 5 yards was legal then so long as it was not a hold. The 3-4 basically gives you 3 linemen and 4 LBS or it forces you to take a true lineman like Julius Peppers and put him into pass coverage. That 4-3 to 3-4 switch was the main reason Aaron Kampman could no longer be a Packer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milani, post: 942925, member: 6654"] Good descri Good description of the 46. Now the 46 was also a gambling one. The Bears could do it because they had the better athletes. In their 2 initial playoff wins they shut down the running game of the Giants and Rams. They left a lot of one on one coverage and neither opponent could capitalize. Another observation to point out is that back even in the days of Otto Graham, Unitas, Van Brocklin, Tittle, Starr, and Jurgenson the NFL was a run first league. Far fewer TD passes and fewer passes altogether. The evolution of the 3-4 would have come sooner if defensive coaches believed it would have worked. Coaching innovators like Paul Brown, George Allen, Tom Landry, and Hank Stram would have jumped at the chance if they thought it would work at the time. Recall that in those days a holding penalty on the offense was 15 yards not 10. 1st and 25 or 3rd and 20 forced a lot of punts. The 3-4 made its mark when the teams went pass happy and the rules were made to help the offense. Recall that illegal contact after 5 yards was legal then so long as it was not a hold. The 3-4 basically gives you 3 linemen and 4 LBS or it forces you to take a true lineman like Julius Peppers and put him into pass coverage. That 4-3 to 3-4 switch was the main reason Aaron Kampman could no longer be a Packer. [/QUOTE]
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