As coach Mike McCarthy and defensive coordinator Dom Capers lead the transition to a vastly different defense from the one played for a long time in Green Bay, the focus won't be on fitting players into the scheme but rather fitting the scheme to the players.

Capers said the biggest mistake he can do was try to fit players he has into a rigid form of the scheme.

He pointed to the current Steelers defense as an example of how certain body types that arent considered ideal for the 3-4 can be used effectively.

"They come in all different sizes and shapes," Capers said. "You make a mistake if you just say youre not going to have any that are under this size. You look at (linebacker) James Harrison. Hes not a real tall guy a

Very doubtful we'll always be using a 3-4 base defense, so the guys who are still better suited for a 4-3 can still be used to their strengths when we use a hybrid system.

"RainX" wrote:

How is this any different than what he said upon being hired.. notta, and they are still talking about moving Kampman to OLB... so the desired alignment is known.

So, putting 2 and 2 together means that how they play the 3-4 will be dependent upon personnel.. one gap, two gap, stacked, off, etc...

Might want to check telling people to STUF, and looking past the text of the article.

Some players will have limited places to play in this defense, so I see no problem discussing such a topic.

Personally I dislike the topic title...

"pack93z" wrote:

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