Dexter McCluster had a terribly negative grade for this game, BTW.

Routt and Warfield, both known for committing penalties.

Fixed? :)

Routt is probably afraid he will get beat deep

i would too if that piece of garbage Travis Daniels was playing FS behind me and running around like a lost puppy.

It might change if Kendrick Lewis ever comes back. A real FS that knows what the **** he is suppose to do. Imagine that.

Routt is literally one of the fastest players in the NFL.

He ran like a 4.25 40 at the combine.

Good points. I think you're probably correct.

If Routt has a better grade than Carr at the end of the season I'll leave the board for a week.

True. Routt is smarter, better in coverage, and a much better/more aggressive open field tackler than Warfield though.

All I want you to do is admit that Routt had a positive influence on our entire performance. :)

Meh. Who would I steal gifs from then for BlackBob?

I'm not a fan of the 10 yard cushion then.

that's not fair Carr is going up against far and away more talented WRs.

Routt is covering garbage. Julio Jones will be the best he faces all season

Heh? Anyone on the defense is responsible for their performances the first two weeks, they earned them by playing undisciplined football. Especially DJ. The defense got behind b/c they were undisciplined, and dug a deeper hole by pressing and not sticking to their assignments. IMO, b/c they had no faith Cassel could comeback from behind, so they needed to be the ones that did it.

Playing undisciplined doesn't make a player bad, just exercising bad judgement. Missing assignments b/c you were actually completely lost is different.

That is actually Belichick/Saban philosophy that Crennel learned/adopted.

Herp derp

He only had 3 catches and "fumbled" one of them.

Now, dance.

There's nothing to dance about.

Dex played well for two quarters against Atlanta.

Rest of his season? Shite.

So when Lilja let's a guy through untouched on a stunt, that's okay huh?

dont you have it reversed?

man early/press zone 3rd

and how many times a game does this happen?

surely not as many as Brandon Alberts false starts? Or Jon Asamoah getting his shit pushed in by Kyle Williams?

He faced Roddy White most of the game and then they moved Julio Jones to his side...I agree though...the Saints have crappy receivers.
:rolleyes:

nope.

seriously, it is early zone, man-press on the latter downs. This is because Saban/Bill/Crennel believe in blitzing on 3rd with man coverage, not from zone like some other 3-4 guys like Labeau or Capers.

Lance Moore and Devery Henderson are not good

Colston has 1 leg.

their hall of fame QB and the scheme makes them better than they actually are

Kyle Williams is a man child. Albert's false starts are annoying. There has been plenty of blame to spread, but one good game in memory for Lilja in the last how many games doesn't fix the problem...

The philosophy behind it is as well is that you're going to play press to re-route receivers. By blitzing from man-press on 3rd down, the QB has to wait even longer for receivers to get open.

Yep. Get 'em into a passing situation on 3rd, lock' em down and pin the ears back. It's why run defense is critical to the success of the defense.

Blind and drunk I take it?

You obviously haven't watched the Cowboys play this year. Carr hasn't faced anybody worth a damn except for Vincent Jackson and if you watched even a few plays from that game, you would know he mailed it in Sunday.

Have a great night making a fool of yourself.

I'm gonna hit the sack.

Nice job on Lilja, though.

Yup. And for those that were wondering, that is why Pitoitua was in our nickel package playing the 3 tech instead of Poe. He's better against the run right now.

I wish the mods would let me sticky a thread where I just broke all this down instead of having to repeat myself, but I can't remember the last time I saw a sticky last the whole season on this board. I do think it would help people understand not only our defensive scheme/philosophy, but why Pioli has drafted the way he has. Oh well.

Mods, please don't take this as an "oh, woe is me" type plea. It does get tiresome typing the same thing over and over though. ;)

Rape a titty sucks at everything. I haven't seen him make one play and his PFF grade is abysmal. Only two guys are worse.

Pioli seriously sucks.

No joke. He did play better this week, but wow. Not the guy I was expecting (which was an average run stopping 5-tech who could potentially be slightly above average playing the 3).

Yea Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks are not worth a damn

keep running your mouth, you make yourself look dumb

Too bad Pioli will still say Cassel is great.

You OBVIOUSLY didn't watch the damn game. He didn't cover either of those guys outside of a couple plays. He gave up 80 yards to the guys he covered and most of the time he covered Dominek Hixon.

Go sit in the corner.

Yeah, he covered Hixon, so the dude obviously didn't watch the game ROFL Now we are slamming Routt for giving up 70 yards. This place is a ****ing joke sometimes.

Are you fucking kidding me??? The guy had 39 touches and carried the whole offense-please excuse him for being just a little tired!

:rolleyes:

Yeah, that comment made no sense. Charles looked as fast as ever before IMO.

There are plenty of DB's that are just as fast as the fastest RB's.

Cassel's leading the search party.

http://i.imgur.com/02gIH.gif

My favorite line of the game "Matt Cassel is not supposed to do this" Heh

Carr has not allowed a single reception so far this year when he is lined up for bump-and-run.

Our whole defense hasn't given up a single completion since Crennel turned the heat up...and that's against Drew Brees.

Both players are very good IMO.

Let's be honest, that GIF is the first example of Cassel looking off a DB ever.

HE JUST NEEDS MORE TIME!!!!!!

I noticed that effect during the Patriots/Ravens game.

The Ravens were generating so much pressure that the Pats were eventually forced to keep Gronk in to block.

If Houston's able to do that with regularity, teams like the Chargers and even the Broncos will have no choice but to keep their TE out of the pattern. It could do a lot to help cover for our biggest weakness in the defense - coverage over the middle.

The OL that Pioli assembled is really starting to come together.

I'm surprised every time I look at Jeff Allen. It just sounds like a white guy's name.

Get the emotion out of the picture...

#25 ranked corner + 3rd round comp pick + 4 million per year >>> #27 ranked corner

Figure in the fact that Carr WANTED TO PLAY FOR DALLAS and I don't think this is a log on the fire Pioli should be burned with. So far, it looks like a good business decision.

Give it time, Routt will plummet.

My eyes say that Asomoah has struggled mightily this year.

I will also concede that I've noticed Lilja struggling far more in pass-pro than in the run, so perhaps I haven't been giving him credit for what he's doing well in the run game.

But regardless of the PFF rankings, it's not hard to believe that Asomoah has been our worst O-lineman this year. He's been pretty damn awful out there.

Negative, cancel that. Hes only going to get better.

Game changing INT on Drew "Super" Brees.

PIOLI ACQUISITION

He has the worst technique I've ever seen.

The guy is 8 feet tall and makes sure to stand virtually straight up at the snap. He has one move which is something of a swim, but he's upright so all the swim does is wash him inside to leave the edge wide open.

He's absolutely awful. I have no idea why he's on this roster and Smith/Gordon aren't. He doesn't do a single thing well.

After an injury to his hand-picked center...

Great pickup by Scott Pioli. :clap:

If you watch the play he got caught from behind on and cut back, it had nothing to do with fatigue.

Right before he cut back you could see the ball squirt up out of his arm. As the ball squirted up, he swung his left arm over to push it back into place and lost his stride. Once he lost his stride his momentum was shot and the only thing he could do was cut up.

Yeah, it was a stupid comment. It would've been a TD but Jamaal just lost control of the ball as he was running down the sidelines. It happens from time to time.

Not if we keep the heat turned up he won't.

Over a very small sample size. Don't get too invested in that.

EXACTLY - and take into consioderation that they had the angles and what Charles did was even more impressive. On the 91 yard TD run, I saw Charles lower his head a bit and switch gears as he ran down the sideline to outrun the defenders. The extra gear was there when he needed it. :thumb:

On his other long run, I think it was more of a "rythm" thing. The ball was moving around and he fixed it and lost his stride so he instinctively said F-it, I'll cut back now because I lost my stride and try and get it going again...

Jamal Charles IS healthy enough - Now if we keep running him 33 times a game he won't be...

He got caught from behind in the Atlanta game because he kind of showboated a little when he thought he was in the clear. This time, you could tell he was all business - put the head down and GO!

Yep. When he did that, I was looking for something special - it happened!

This. That DB took a great angle.... and Charles knew it. I'm guessing Charles was thinking "horsecollar" and "injury" when he chose to cut back instead of try and outrun.

Charles was thinking "OH SHIT I'M GONNA FUMBLE."

He's fumbled a couple times before when he's sprinting all out like a bat out of Pioli hell.

I can't even remember the last time he coughed up the football.

I'll agree with most of this. I'm largely criticizing Lilja as a pass blocker, so he may deserve more credit as a run blocker. Just Can't get over how lost he looks at times.

As for Asamoah, I know he got beat up by Williams against Buffalo, but I don't recall anything horrible from the first game though. That could be my short memory though. I know he looked good this week.

May the press continue to expose Fraudboy each and every week.

Happiness!

This is funny.