Comments on: Is change always good? The Cowboys move back to a 4-3 defense http://www.footballperspective.com/is-change-always-good-the-cowboys-move-back-to-a-4-3-defense/ NFL History and Stats Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:25:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Richie http://www.footballperspective.com/is-change-always-good-the-cowboys-move-back-to-a-4-3-defense/#comment-37330 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:25:39 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=13223#comment-37330 Has anybody done any comparisons to see if there is any general trend towards one scheme being better than the other? Since my football career ended during summer practice of my freshman year in high school, I never really learned the intricacies of defensive techniques. I read the piece (by Jene Brammel?) on FootballGuys that tried to explain defensive schemes. I definitely learned a few things there. I haven’t even seen any other writers try to break down defenses like that.

But I always kind of feel that these announcements of changing to a 4-3 (or vice versa) is just kind of a way to make fans think you are doing something to improve a team. Is it really that big of a difference? I know part of it is personnel, but I’m skeptical. Also, what percentage of times do defenses even run from their base package? Less than 50%?

]]> By: Mike http://www.footballperspective.com/is-change-always-good-the-cowboys-move-back-to-a-4-3-defense/#comment-37240 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 23:37:21 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=13223#comment-37240 In reply to Chase Stuart.

To be fair, he’s reportedly somewhere in the 260-265 range right now.

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