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Originally Posted by Fansy the Famous Bard
That's where there needs to be some recognition and accountability taken by Reid\Veach.
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Originally Posted by arrwheader
I think the hardest thing to swallow about what is happening with the defense is that it is so mind boggling that they are this ****ing bad.
They are basically the same unit as last year. Who did we lose? Wilson? Tonah? That isn't changing much imo.
So that leaves Sorenson in a starting safety role and physically declining and moving CJ to the outside. Spags must have implemented something new that the defense is too confused because they are always lost constantly you can tell pre snap. All this could be fixed, at least partially or improved.
Still you would think the regression would not be 8 yards per play avg bad. Like historically bad.
Will they put CJ inside and give Thornhill majority snaps? That is the big question, I am not optimistic about that. Spags better figure it out quick because although there is still a lot of season left, but we can't really lose many more games at this point.
The offense minus the TO's are still really good and should be better with the Gordon addition and also I Think with CEH out it will be better not worse. There is still hope to turn it around.
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This defense is the same as last season. We haven't played a good game of defense since the Jets game. Now, we have come up with some clutch stops on occasion or some key turnovers but consistently our defense has sucked since the Jets game.
The problem with "just get me 2 stops a game" defense is that it requires our offense to score a TD every possession. That's not realistic despite the talent we have on offense.
This defense has to get to the point to getting at least 2-3 stops a half on a fairly consistent basis. They don't have to be dominating types of stops either. Force a punt or at times a FG. But you can't do it while allowing the other team to run off 6 or7 minutes of clock every time. Or let another team go 75 yards in 3 plays.
We cannot continue to live with 2nd and 2 or 3rd and 2. The defense has to start playing on the other side of the line at least some of the time. Right now we play on the other side of the line maybe 3 plays a game.
This defense is just completely ****ed.