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What are your predictions/hopes for the defense now?
Alright guys, the moment of truth is dawning on us as we head into the first game of the season.
Our defense last year Corner-backs (Nelson, Fuller, Scandrick, Ward, Smith) Safeties (Parker, Sorensen, Berry, Lucas, Watts, Murray) Line-backers (Ford, Houston, Smith, KPassagnon, Niemann, O'Daniel, Ragland, Speaks, Hitchens, Zombo) Defensive-linemen (Jones, Bailey, Nnadi, Williams, Hamilton) Our defense right now Corner-backs (Breeland, Fuller, Ward, Fenton, Claiborne, Smith) Safeties (Mathieu, Thornhill, Sorensen, Watts, Lucas) Line-backers (Hitchens, Lee, Niemann, Wilson, Ragland, O'Daniel) Defensive-Linemen (Clark, Jones, Nnadi, Okafor, Ogbah, KPassagnon, Ivie, Saunders, Williams) Last years rankings Sacks= Joint 1st Yards allowed= 31st Scoring defense= 24th Rush defense= 27th Pass defense= 31st Turnovers= 8th (26) I'm gonna be brave and say we'll have a defense that ranks below 20th ![]() |
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We don’t lose any games in which we score 50pts |
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i predict we move up to 21st over all
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Rush defense 16th, pass defense 25th
Yards allowed 24th Points allowed 20th |
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Fact is teams will be forced to shoot out with us. Teams will gamble and take chances against our D that they wouldn't against other teams because they know they'll need to score at least 26+ to win. This will lead to our DB's having to play the deep ball more often than other D's, getting P.I more than other teams, thus extending drives. The defense very well could be better, but i don't think it's going to show on a stat rankings list.
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What I hope to see is roughly top half in scoring, ypc and ypa, assuming the offense continues to score at the pace we've become accustomed to. That is to say, they're going to give up total yardage, because they're going to be on the field a lot due to the clip at which the O scores, but if they can lower the per play averages allowed, and force more punts, it'll make a significant difference in the outcome of games. Even as little as one less possession for the opponent and one more for our offense, per game, would be big. Basically anything above 20 in those 3 areas, and we'll be very, very hard to keep up with, much less beat.
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They can't possibly be worse than last year.
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I'm begging for karmic retribution when I say this, but I don't see how they could possibly be worse than last year. They've upgraded the personnel at every level of the defense and they've purportedly gotten rid of the read and react anchor that was hung around the franchise's neck for most of the last 20 years.
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A few injuries can change everything.
But that's true for everyone. Just ask the Jags o-line. That's going to color the game in some interesting ways. If our defense dominates them up front, it really isn't all that impressive, because they were hurt. But if we don't dominate them then the season's already in jeopardy. It's going to be difficult for there to be an overwhelmingly positive outcome unless we shut them out or something wacky. But even then... Weirdly, my head's been stuck on a 42-3 score all week. I have no idea where it's coming from. |
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16th defense overall.
11th vs run 19th vs pass 8th in turnovers 1st points off turnovers |
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15-20th D and NO ONE, not even the Pat's refs can stop us from winning it all!
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Come on James
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