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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 6794" data-source="post: 612580">The main purpose of playing a base 3-4 defense is to stop the run with the defensive linemen eating up blockers and holding them off other players for them to make the tackle. The formation isn't best suited to defend the pass though, hence why Capers only plays it approximately 30% of the time.The front four in the subpackages is actually pretty similar to a traditional 4-3 alignment. It doesn't make any sense to have three big bodies and only one OLB on the field in either a nickel or a dime defense as their main purpose is to rush the passer on nearly every single play. The only reason teams don't put four OLBs (they're the best pass rushers on a 3-4 team) on the field in that situation is the possibility of the offense optimg out of a pass play to run the ball against a light front.</blockquote>

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