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Kansas City Defense: 1984 Was a True 3-4

 
With Kansas City being one of many teams making a transition to the popular 3-4 defensive scheme I thought it would be interesting to look back 25 years to 1984, the Chiefs last year of the 3-4 scheme First of all, this is not your normal group of players by any means, many already being in the Chiefs Hall of Fame, but wouldn't it be interesting to look back to get a better perspective of how it was? Some of you were in diapers at the time. As hard as it is to believe, The Chiefs starting three Defensive Lineman were all first rounders, and not only that, they were all drafted in the top five of Round One! Sound familiar? However Tyson Jackson and Glenn Dorsey have a ways to go to catch these guys Art Still came out of Kentucky and at 6'7", 253 pounds he appeared almost too skinny by today's standards but I guess steroids were not as popular back then. As a base end, Mr. Still had a total 15 sacks alone. Mike Bell was the other Base End. Bell also undersized at 6'4", 255 pounds ... (link)

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