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would marvin consider changing to a 34 it reallly helped the chargers run d and would increase our sack total.robinson at nose ,thorton and smith at end, simmons pollack thurman johnson at linebackers and the secondary is the same

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You must not have been around right after the draft when everyone was bringing up the idea that Marvin Lewis was going to the 3-4. It's just not going to happen. Robinson is not a nose tackle. He is actually a DE converted to DT, and is not nearly big enough to take up the kind of space a NT needs to. Last time I checked, he's actually under 300lbs. He's not a nose tackle.

This would also sit Geathers on the bench, who most people on this forum are really excited about having a breakout year... so no thanks. I'd like to keep our breakout players on the field, and wait on rookies (thurman) to prove themselvles before changing our whole defensive scheme around them.

Also, in an interview, when asked about the 3-4 Marvin Lewis actually laughed. This seems like he isn't planning on using it very often, if it all. I think he'll stick it in there are on certain downs, when it makes sense... but since we have no nose tackle, we need the 4-3. Thornton is a DT, and will play much better this year next to Robinson. This should help our run D much more than using an undersized NT.

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