With more than three months of comfort and a few more significant pieces added to the Chiefs' puzzle, Kansas City can now make it official: The Chiefs plan to run some version of the 3-4 defense in 2009. "We're going to try variations of it," coach Todd Haley said Thursday. "We're not going to force square pegs in round holes." Haley said Thursday that he envisioned transitioning the Chiefs to a 3-4 team, but there was work to be done - and the team has only begun to mark things off its to-do list - before Kansas City could so much as say it might be shifting to the NFL's most fashionable defensive scheme. Now, first-round defensive end Tyson Jackson and third-round defensive lineman Alex Magee are in the house, and Haley said they should make his plan a little more realistic. "Until you get them here up close and kind of coaching them and getting after them a little bit and seeing how they respond - yeah, it isn't really real until they're doing that," Haley said. “There are some variations that make it a little easier to transition into this thing,” he said. “I knew right away it was going to be a process. You can’t just say: ‘We’re going to do this.’ ” Source: Kansas City Star
Chiefs Will Play A Hybrid Defense Blending 3-4 And 4-3 It has been assumed that the Kansas City Chiefs will switch from a 4-3 defense to a 3-4 defense. “We’re going to try variations of it,” Haley said Thursday. The problem is that the pre-Haley/Pioli personnel were acquired for the 4-3 attack. And the Chiefs likely won’t be able in one offseason to accumulate enough players to run the linebacker-heavy alternative properly. “There are some variations that make it a little easier to transition into this thing,” Haley said. “I knew right away it was going to be a process. You can’t just say: ‘We’re going to do this.’” Source: ProFootballTalk.com
If you two keep at it you are gonna be banned from Arrowheads locker room. No player interviews for you! :wise:
