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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: November 21, 2009
Since its conception by Bud Wilkinson in the 1940s, and its implementation in the NFL by Chuck Fairbanks decades later, the 3-4 defense has garnered its fair share of attention and its popularity has risen and fallen accordingly.
There are several dimensions to the benefits and sacrifices that come with the 3-4, both in personnel and the situation in which the defense finds itself. Against a three or more WR set, the 3-4 is tricky and has many defects; but against the run, it can be lethal.
Typically, a 3-4 defense requires a nose tackle with the strength to occupy at least two defenders and the size to plug up both 'a gaps.' The DEs on both sides have a little more lee-way; thei...
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