What's your interest level in the team shifting to the 3-4?

I’m no expert but in theory it puts one more dynamic player on the field more often.

In comment 13965459 George from PA said:

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The Giants have had success with both....the key is personal. The 4-3 needs great DEs....not sure we have any right now. The 3-4 needs great NT....which Snacks is one of the best! So I am all for it

I am very happy, but don't think the 3-4 defense will take off until the Giants draft a top notch pass rushing OLB. I'm hoping Lorenzo Carter is that guy -- I was very happy with that pick. I'm not sure whether he'll be a true pass rushing specialist though.

But yeah, I think having a 3-4 brings more athleticism and versatility to the defense. I'd rather have a Von Miller than a J.J. Watt. Both elite defensive players and pass rushers, but I think the defensive coordinator can do more things with an OLB like Von Miller than they can do with J.J. Watt.

In comment 13966112 chopperhatch said:

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shift to more 3-4 PERSONNEL as opposed to the 4-3 types. As dep and others alluded to, the base really doesn't matter as much any more. But I was reading something months ago about Belichick preferring the 3-4 mostly because it's cheaper and easier to find the players to find the players to fit that scheme and still be very effective. Top tier DEs and DTs are amongst the highest paid players on a football team. But hybrids who can play DE AND OLB are generally easier to find because they can't play DE in a 4-3 and they are generally less expensive (excluding Justin Houston and Von Miller...and our OWN Oliver Vernon, lol).

That too. Other teams' "tweeners" are a 3-4 team's gems.

Most of the emphasis is on the reality that more players need to be positionally flexible---more guys will be playing Standing Up. The "Naming Convention" of today's NFL Defenses has less importance.

I’m just really not sure they have the personnel or LB’s to play a 3-4, your not expecting your defensive linemen to do much it’s the LB’s that do the tackling. How many good linebackers do we have on this team maybe one everybody else is learning a new system or is changing positions for the first time in the NFL to LB.

At least that's my hunch. I think there's more tweeners that fit a 3-4 than classic 4-3 DE difference makers.

I also think that those teams fare a little better in the short passing game than 4-3 teams do because, in theory, you have an additional mobile player that can play at least a little in that first ten yards of the LOS