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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: December 17, 2009
This isn’t a commentary about playmaking or passion, however, but literally the Chiefs line up in a flat 3-4.
There are two primary benefits to running a 3-4: confusing offenses and having more athletic playmakers on the field.
The 3-4 puts another athletic playmaker on the field at the linebacker spot, a player who can blitz, drop into a zone, play man coverage, or stop the run. Vital though is disguising, pre-snap, which of these responsibilities a linebacker assumes.
Key, though, is that the linebackers can perform any of these functions lining up anywhere on the field.
The Chiefs are guilty of lining up very shallow on nearly every snap defensively. The defense stacks itself up upon the line of scrimmage as both outside linebackers look like defensive ends in a two point stance, in what looks like a ...
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