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RollTidePGH I'm with you on the 3-4. Once the personnel are in place, the NT especially, the 3-4 is an exciting defense. I suspect Saban's 3-4 will be very similar to what the Cowboys ran this past year under Parcells. You didn't see a lot of blitzing, even with Ware coming off the left side. Each LB had a zone that was their responsibility, with not much pursuit. That said, once the players knew their assignments, the D was very disruptive and caused plenty of turnovers (see Colts at Dallas last year). I imagine that Saban will move to more blitzing packages once he has the people in place, similar to Pittsburgh's or San Diego's schemes. Two things are certain either way -- more sacks and more turnovers ... never a bad thing.

[QUOTE="bamatrout, post: 357850, member: 11628"] RollTidePGH I'm with you on the 3-4. Once the personnel are in place, the NT especially, the 3-4 is an exciting defense. I suspect Saban's 3-4 will be very similar to what the Cowboys ran this past year under Parcells. You didn't see a lot of blitzing, even with Ware coming off the left side. Each LB had a zone that was their responsibility, with not much pursuit. That said, once the players knew their assignments, the D was very disruptive and caused plenty of turnovers (see Colts at Dallas last year). I imagine that Saban will move to more blitzing packages once he has the people in place, similar to Pittsburgh's or San Diego's schemes. Two things are certain either way -- more sacks and more turnovers ... never a bad thing. [/QUOTE]

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