We all know Tomlin wanted to switch to a 4-3 all along

[fordfixer]

Re: We all know Tomlin wanted to switch to a 4-3 all along

What is with this fascination over the mystical "4-2" defense this week?

Get a clue writers...this isn't radical change...it's called the nickel defense. Every team uses it every game every week. Do these people turn off their TV sets on 3rd downs?

The media is trying its hand at sensational story writing by eluding to a more full-on, radical transition to the 4-3 in this game. I'm not buying it, and Harbaugh isn't either, as he indicated today.

So what did he say? Link?

Days of diversions, distractions, duplicities
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Meanwhile in Maryland, Ravens boss John Harbaugh not only doesn't want to think about any of that, he doesn't care to believe that anyone other than Timmons, James Farrior, James Harrison, and LaMarr Woodley will turn up wearing those black throwbacks in prime time. Which is totally his prerogative, but he couldn't leave well enough alone.

"They'll play the same defense," Harbaugh said somewhat dismissively Wednesday. "If they're not in there, they'll put other guys in there. They'll be playing the same positions, they'll just have different numbers. We'll have to block 'em just as well. They'll be very good players, and, if it's [the starters] wearing those numbers, we'll have to block those guys. That's really how you look at."

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[Pahn711]

Re: We all know Tomlin wanted to switch to a 4-3 all along

Unless I suddenly dozed off during the Tomlin press conference this week, all I heard him say was that if enough linebackers couldn't play, "the answer would be in-house" and they would substitute in defensive ends in certain situations. The media took that and ran with it.

Maybe Tomlin was trying to strategically place some doubt into the equation, and after the shake-up last week against the Patriots, it might have some credibility for fools.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Re: We all know Tomlin wanted to switch to a 4-3 all along

Unless I suddenly dozed off during the Tomlin press conference this week, all I heard him say was that if enough linebackers couldn't play, "the answer would be in-house" and they would substitute in defensive ends in certain situations. The media took that and ran with it.

Maybe Tomlin was trying to strategically place some doubt into the equation, and after the shake-up last week against the Patriots, it might have some credibility for fools.