Oakland Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio and defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. should consider stirring the pot—not for the sake of stirring but to maximize the ingredients in this defensive stew.
People are resistant to change until they reap the benefits. Switching to a 3-4 base defense comes off the tongue as awkward for Raider Nation, but Del Rio isn’t a stranger to operating out of a four-linebacker defensive set, per NBCBayArea.com writer Doug Williams:
Del Rio has coached both 3-4 and 4-3 schemes, and in Denver the front is constantly shifting.