re: What Is The Most Versatile Defense?

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2012, it was a weakness. Our ILB were slow to react to the run and were caught 4 yards beyond the line of scrimmage constantly.

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I see it differently.

With the exception of 1 game...

Only SC, Bama, and Nebraska ran successfully on that defense. Excellent offensive line with exceptional running backs, and the ever-lingering threat of a pretty good quarterback is what turned a 2 yard run play into a 4 yard run play, in each of those games.

I submit that the 3-4 wasn't a weakness in any of those circumstances. A 4-2-5 or 4-3 would have yielded similar results.