I like the idea of transitioning to more of a 4-3 front for the simple fact that it's getting harder to find those hybrid guys to play the OLB positions because more teams have needs for them. Back when Oz was taking guys like A Thomas, there were only 3 or 4 teams looking for players like him, now it's half the league. Here are a couple issues I have with your thoughts. Suggs and Doom would be DEs in the 4-3. Suggs, at his age and after his Achilles tear, it would be impossible for him to play Sam or Will. So the issue is, we literally need 3 new LBS to give us the proper depth to be able to run it effectively. It's just unlikely to happen in 1 offseason with little cap to work with. We would have to rely on later round picks as starters or key back ups. Brandon Williams as a 5 tech wouldn't be a good idea either. It's proven because he comes off the field in our sub package (nickel). We have 4 or 5 guys that could play there effectively, Williams could do it, but that's not playing to his strength. He lacks length and athleticism. Jernigan and Urban would be ideal, but neither have the bulk. Timmy was a NT at Flordia State. We also lack the depth at DE. We have Suggs, Doom, Z smith as the only real options at DE. Upshaw would be more of a 5 tech, we've used him there in sub packages before, he also lacks length and athleticism to play DE. Doom seems to be better as a rotational piece, but if we take Bosa it wouldn't be as much of an issue. Ed Reed was a SS at Miami, Sean Taylor was the FS. Ed was a SS his first couple years here as well, he didn't transition to FS until Kim Herring and Will Demps left. With so many holes in our team, I don't think we can focus on bringing in new players to fit a new scheme when we still need a starting FS or CB depending on what happens with Webb. We need to fix that before we even consider transitioning to a 4-3. Those are the needs today and will need to be fixed regardless of scheme. And that's not even addressing the offense which needs a couple of pieces as well.
