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<blockquote data-quote="Packerlifer" data-source="post: 632016" data-attributes="member: 1242"><p>I've come around to the opinion that Mike McCarthy needs to abandon the 34 defense and switch back to a 4-3 after this season. This is the seventh season of the 3-4 in Green Bay and whatever the Packers have achieved in the previous six seasons, including winning a Super Bowl, nothing of it can be said to be due to that defensive scheme. </p><p></p><p> The quarterback and the offense have been carrying most of the weight of the team during this period and the Packers would probably have done just as well, if not better, playing a good 4-3 since 2009. </p><p></p><p> Every year it's the same issues of personnel. Inside linebackers, an olb complement to Clay Matthews, d-line. Trying to fit square pegs into round holes. </p><p></p><p> B.J. Raji and Mike Daniels are coming to free agency after this season. This is likely the last year in Green Bay for Julius Peppers. Sam Barrington looks like another Desmond Bishop; a promising player who can't stay healthy. And it's doubtful the Packers will any longer use Nick Perry's $2.3 million cap number for their training room instead of the field of play. </p><p></p><p> It takes particular kinds of players to make the 3-4 really work and the Packers haven't been getting them. Few colleges play 34 so the drafts would probably be more productive as a 4-3 since it would mean bringing in players experienced and "built" to play it. </p><p></p><p> It would probably also mean bringing in a fresh approach with a new coordinator. Dom Capers has coached 4-3 in his past but 3-4 is more his specialty. I'm not a "fire Capers" guy but new leadership and spirit for the D in Green Bay along with a new scheme and better more suited players could be a big help and stop the "same song, different verse" we've been seeing on that side of Packers football for the last 5 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Packerlifer, post: 632016, member: 1242"] I've come around to the opinion that Mike McCarthy needs to abandon the 34 defense and switch back to a 4-3 after this season. This is the seventh season of the 3-4 in Green Bay and whatever the Packers have achieved in the previous six seasons, including winning a Super Bowl, nothing of it can be said to be due to that defensive scheme. The quarterback and the offense have been carrying most of the weight of the team during this period and the Packers would probably have done just as well, if not better, playing a good 4-3 since 2009. Every year it's the same issues of personnel. Inside linebackers, an olb complement to Clay Matthews, d-line. Trying to fit square pegs into round holes. B.J. Raji and Mike Daniels are coming to free agency after this season. This is likely the last year in Green Bay for Julius Peppers. Sam Barrington looks like another Desmond Bishop; a promising player who can't stay healthy. And it's doubtful the Packers will any longer use Nick Perry's $2.3 million cap number for their training room instead of the field of play. It takes particular kinds of players to make the 3-4 really work and the Packers haven't been getting them. Few colleges play 34 so the drafts would probably be more productive as a 4-3 since it would mean bringing in players experienced and "built" to play it. It would probably also mean bringing in a fresh approach with a new coordinator. Dom Capers has coached 4-3 in his past but 3-4 is more his specialty. I'm not a "fire Capers" guy but new leadership and spirit for the D in Green Bay along with a new scheme and better more suited players could be a big help and stop the "same song, different verse" we've been seeing on that side of Packers football for the last 5 years. [/QUOTE]
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