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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry
Lack of a pass rush is the main problem. Most of the defense problems is caused by this.
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But again - how do we even know?
I cite Wharton again for my point - Wharton's actually winning a lot of pass rush reps. He's getting free fairly quickly. And the coverage is so bad that nobody has noticed it an in fact many are criticizing his play thus far (fair in the run game, but not so much as a rusher).
Watch the Eagles game again, Jones was actually doing a nice job of beating his man. He just couldn't get home because the ball came out so quickly.
Now that's not to say that I think this is a premier pass rush or will be. It's to say that I don't think it's as bad as it appears at first glance. But back to where I started - when the rush gets home, the coverage fails. When the coverage holds up, the rush fails. It's just been a series of complementary failures on seemingly every drive.
They need consistency
somewhere and if they get it, it will help everywhere.