You want to talk about a 3-3-5? I watched Mike Leach's Air Raid tear those "versatile" defenses to shreds for years. It's a gimmick for teams that can't recruit real defensive linemen, always has been. We saw it back in the old Pac-10 days when a team would try it, and a disciplined quarterback would just pick it apart with quick throws. The scheme only works against bad offenses. You give me a quarterback with the poise of a Ryan Leaf or a Gardner Minshew, and that defense gets exposed by the second quarter because there's no consistent pass rush. It's a band-aid for a talent deficit. Sure, you might confuse some freshman quarterback in your league, but that doesn't make it sound football. Real defenses are built from the inside out, with big bodies up front controlling the line of scrimmage. That's how you win championships. This modern trend of trying to out-scheme people instead of out-hitting them is why the game has gotten soft. You can't hide forever. Eventually, a team with a physical run game and a veteran offensive line will line up and run it right down your throat, and all that "confusion" won't mean a thing.