3-4 Switch May be Key to Oakland Return to Prominence

They could also do a fine job switching to the 3-4 and bringing leadership, discipline, and motivating our young players to work hard and get it right.

The Raiders were the first franchise in history to win a superbowl in 3-4, i like the synergy.

I see Seymour and Houston as the Ends. But Seymour looks to be declining, and Kelly or Henderson cannot be a NT.

Yup Fantasy Football again talking about switching to the 3 – 4. The Raiders went to the 3 – 4 in the one Superbowl year out of necessity. It seems it takes years to get the right personnel for the 3 – 4 and easier to jump back to the 4 – 3. No draft picks next year either. How about just fixing the D Coordinator position to start and go from there?

Branch as FS (Giordano sub)

Routt and Huff/ CJ / DvD/ Chekwa as the CB’s

Curry, McClain, Wimbely LB’s (T. Scott/ Groves/ Mitchell subs)

Seymour, Henderson, Kelly, Bryant, Houston; (Moss T. Scott subs)

as what we’re seeing is clearly missing the mark bigtime. We’ll continue to hope for the right personnel guy who should in turn get the right DC too.

We’ll need someone who can navigate the roster well, and can figure out where we can relinquish some spending $ and find some trade value in some guys.

Possible 3rd rd picks???

3-4? With that linebacker crew! Someone needs to face reality. McClain is a bust so far and needs to be relegated to special teams until he is NFL-ready. Blackstone can step in.

Did anyone see how he hid behind Seymour on that first Packer TD by Grant. The kid is afraid to fill a hole! He cannot do the job. Switching to a 3-4 takes the Raider D’s weakness, it’s poor linebacker play, and makes it worse. Thank goodness for Curry, or it could be even worse!

I don’t think switching next year is a good idea considering we have few draft picks and little wiggle room in cap space to change the roster a whole lo. I’d rather concentrate on getting a DC that can rally this group and play to the strengths of the roster we have now. This will give our our DC a chance to really see what we have and if he can turn this group into something special. We have some very skilled and talented players…but they lack real direction and seem to have very little accountability out there.

Texans DC Phillips to take leave following kidney surgery

Well…One thing is being proven out very well this season…All that “BS” talk about how Al Davis would never let his "DC"s call the “D” is now without a doubt completely blown out of the freakin water!!!

There’s NO ONE pulling “Suck Chuck”s strings here!!!…This is him doing his best impersonation of the “Blind Leading The Blind Into The Pit”!!!

NO…Ya can’t blame this on Mr Davis!!….NO…There’s no one coming down and changing the game plans!!…Just a “DC” failing to do his job properly!!!

PantyRaider…One More LIE Put To Rest!!!

It’s the way we play within the scheme. We play soft. Bresnahan has no killer instinct. No desire to put his men in a position where they can attack and dominate. The game plan starts with our defense on its heels. They are suppost to read and react, instead of forcing the issue.

However know that I’m down for anything that gets this team to play at the level I believe they can play at. If a 3-4 can manage to put some fear in the hearts of offenses, then so be it I’m on board.

might hurt us, reason is because most of our dline is pass rushers. Maybe if we drafted a 300+ run stuffer then maybe the 3-4 will work. We can barely get pressure with 4 lineman, now put 3 lineman, i doubt we would get in. That means more blitz’s, and that means more yardage for the other team. It may work if we get a defensive specialist like capers or something, but if we sign another ranked 15 against the run & ranked 5 against the pass type of coordinator then we are back to the same defense. LB’s are weak at the moment, with being very thin a MLB, and WLB, it will be hard to do the next man up thing with backups like blackstock.

HIRE ROMANOWSKI AS A DEFENSIVE COACH

Tommy Kelly and Richard Seymour are two of the best defensive tackles in football. They are playing great football and have together for 2 years.

Not all their fault but most certainly not all ours either….Far too many bogas call!!!

Of the Raiders league-high 130 penalties, 45 resulted in first downs for the opponent. Also, those penalties kept alive drives that resulted in points 16 times.

The 3-4 would be ideal everywhere accept at NT. If they could sign and draft one, the move could go great. McClain is a disappointment so far at MLB, and his character issues are frusterating. But maybe a role reducement and some vetran leadership he could straighten out. Hopefully.

OLB’s would be pretty damn good. Shaughnessy, Wimbley, Curry, Scott. Ideally they’d sign/trade for a vet ILB, and let Curry be the wildcard, playing every LB spot.

The D-line should be fine. A signing may help, but I’m expecting a lot out of Houston next year, especially if he gets to play DE in a 3-4.