New defensive front could help Tech offense as well SPRING GAME

Yellow Jackets faced the 3-4 formation often last season.

Friday, 7 p.m., Bobby Dodd Stadium

helpful.

When Georgia Tech offen“It’s closer to what we see sive tackle Jahaziel Lee looks a lot,” he said. across the line of scrimClemson, Georgia, Miami mage during his team’s and Virginia all lined up in spring-practice scrimmages, a 3-4 last season against the what he sees looks familJackets. Louisville, which iar. Three defensive line- Tech will play in its rotatmen and four linebackers ing Atlantic Division cross— a 3-4 defense. over game, may do so, as

Tech saw it plenty last seawell. The Cardinals’ defenson and will see it again in sive coordinator, Brian Vanthe next. And now with new Gorder, used three down defensive coordinator Nate linemen (and sometimes Woody implementing his four) when he was directing version of the 3-4, the Yelthe Notre Dame defense in low Jackets offense is see- the Jackets’ loss to the Fight- ing it in the spring and will ing Irish in 2015. again during the preseason. It would be a stretch to say

“It’ll definitely help us,” that the reason that Tech lost Lee said. “A lot of slanting all four of those games was and linebackers popping, the 3-4. The amount of talent so it’s different, but it’s defi- that the Jackets were facing nitely going to help us during in those defenses likely was the season.” the larger factor. But given

Coach Paul Johnson was the success each had, the in agreement that practicing Jackets expect to see it again. against the 3-4 was probably Further, it isn’t just that those will be