Cleveland Browns Draft: Is It Judgement Day for the 3-4 Defense?

March 15, 2010   ·   Hugh Shannon   ·   Jump to comments

Has Browns President Mike Holmgren been divinely inspired?  He brought in free agent ILB Scott Fujita from the world champion Saints as his one and only defensive addition thus far. 

Now, Kamerion Wimbley has been cast from paradise to Oakland for a third round pick.  The sermon from on high is that the secondary is the alpha and omega while the defensive line is basically in ruins like Sodom and Gomorrah.  Upon his ascension, Holmgren stated that he was not "married to the 3-4" but had no immediate plans to change it.  Has judgement day finally come?
Falling back into a more traditional 4-3 scheme would ease the pressure of finding huge linemen to plug the defensive front and athletic edge rushers as outside linebackers, which are not in large supply for this particular draft year. 

It would also allow for concentrating on the secondary on defense and allow for more picks to be expended on the genesis of a new&...

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