Before he was injured last year he led the team in tackles

Kemoeatu has proven he can be effective in a 3-4 when he was in the rotation as a NT in Baltimore, but it's unclear if he can stay healthy enough to be the starter.At 6'5", 345 lbs, he certainly commands the space necessary to plug up those gaps and keep big-body RBs in front of him. Damione Lewis would serve as his relief and, though slightly undersized for the position, could also prove to be effective.Tyler Brayton, Charles Johnson, and Everett Brown are all undersized for the DE position, but in a 4-3 they have enough support behind them to engage only one defender. Brayton has the speed to be an effective pass rusher against the outside tackles, but not the size to control the running lanes that tend to develop in the 'c gaps' against a 3-4. Carolina has always seemed to have a good corp of linebackers, but they have a true leader in Jon Beason This guy is as smart as he is tenacious. I think he has the ability to contain the inside run and the speed to get to the outside if he needs to. Dan Connor, the man most likely to line up next to Beason, is an impressive ILB from Penn State that has shown great potential. Thomas Davis, once a safety turned OLB, would most likely be the rushing linebacker in a 3-4 Carolina defense. Before he was injured last year, he led the team in tackles.He has sufficient speed to jump the line of scrimmage, and get after the quarterback, and the coverage skill to stay back and play the zone. Were the Panthers to make the switch, Davis would easily become the Panthers' own Shawne Merriman or DeMarcus Ware. Carolina's CBs are hardly lacking, especially when asked to play man-to-man defense. Chris Gamble is not yet considered an elite corner, but he has the athletic ability and football IQ to line up against any NFL wide receiver.With our mediocre but physical safeties protecting the deep interior balls and serving as the occasional blitz-er, I have no doubt that Carolina's corners can keep any passing game at bay when the offense is lined up in a base formation. As I said before, there are many things to consider when talking about the 3-4 defense and its uses/effectiveness.

Players like Chris Johnson, DeAngelo Williams, Adrian Peterson, and Maurice Jones-Drew all have the ability to cut inside, but seem to almost always opt for the route that takes them outside the hash marks. It remains imperative for any team in the NFL to adapt, to constantly evolve in order to compete in an ever-evolving sport. As a Panther fan myself, I'm tired of watching my team do well one year and then bomb the next.I have always liked Fox and the kind of professionalism he brings to the organization, but since he took the role of head coach, the Panthers have not had consecutive winning seasons. As of right now, with the personnel they have, I do not think the team would find the kind of success they're looking for with a 3-4 defense. The front three just don't have the skills necessary to effectively engage the offensive line, in order to free up the OLBs for those much-needed sacks. With Peppers leaving and Brown not meeting the coaches' expectations, it's not out of the question that Carolina will need to acquire a more talented defensive line come the offseason.With better personnel, I sure wouldn't mind seeing the switch made as long as it means more wins, and with a coaching change on the horizon, that may be a possibility. The song keep running through my mind.The Statler Brothers! "Do You Remember These"For example, Do you remember the earliest days of television It was all Black and White. I remember going downtown to see the new invention, television. They had one in the street-side window at the local newspaper.

People would stand on the sidewalk and watch the new TV pictures being shown.Those pictures were quite snowy. It was back around the time that Joe Louis knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott, in the very first round. We rushed home from the ballfield, to the rich kids house, just in time to see Jersey Joe out cold on the canvas. Do you remember thatHow about the rotary telephone, back when we had to dial the numbers. I don't think we even had Area-Codes back then We did have party lines, remember when we could listen in on our neighbors conversations That was back around the time that Gene Bearden pitched the Cleveland Indians to the American League Championship over the Red Sox. That win was in a one game Playoff as I recallWe had the corner Sunoco Gas Station Saturday was Fill-Up day at our house Dad would take the '38 Dodge down to the corner The going Price was 6 gallons for a $1.00 Talk about bargains They sure knew how to live in those days.