Re: THURSDAY NIGHT IS ON THE DEFENSE.
 

What does Josh Allen have to do with Philly? I don’t have the numbers in front of me, but Phillies RBs rushed for well over 100 yards and that has nothing to do with what their quarterback rushed for. Isn’t this supposed to be a run defense that prides itself or not giving up a lot of rushing yards? If it makes you feel better to tell yourself that they only averaged 2.9 yards a carry that’s fine, but that still means that they ran a whole Lotta damn running plays to get that many yards for their running backs. Got their butts kicked by an average team rushing for a lot of yards. Now cue the “but the defense was tired” lines.


And it’s entirely possible to rush a QB and provide a spy to keep the QB in check. How did teams ever play Michael Vic, Randall Cunningham, or Cam Newton if that was the case? The obvious offense problems are being used as a scapegoat to ignore defensive issues by some here on the board. Look at Seattle last night WITH wilson and the receivers they have. A big deal was made out of how good the Saints defense was in shutting them down in bad weather with Geno starting. After what their offense looked like last night the Saints D shutting them down doesn’t seem impressive.

Edit: Miles Sanders averaged over 5.5 yards a carry. Where did you get a 2.9 average?

Re: THURSDAY NIGHT IS ON THE DEFENSE.
 

With Trevor, pressure and containment actually DO go hand and hand. LMFAO

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After what I just heard about the Injury Report and our Offense, I will humbly repeat: THURSDAY NIGHT IS ON THE DEFENSE.

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Agreed, it is entirely possible but also entirely foolish. What is your experience on the defensive side of the ball in pads and helmet?

If you are applying pressure to a QB that means you are going after him which also means he is going to bolt (one of the hardest things for new QBs to learn is to stay in the pocket)... Why would you waste a man watching to see if he runs when you are intentionally making him run?

Look up the definition of "spy" spys are used to cover a RB who may carry in a delayed play or a dual threat QB in case the routs break down leaving him no option but to run without open receivers. A spy is not to watch your other defensive players chase a QB. If you are trying to apply pressure to a QB you have at least one man dedicated to rushing him, adding a spy to watch the chase opens up a receiver because you cant cover a receiver and spy a QB at the same time.

You need to go back and watch how those QBs were played, each and everyone of them was more dangerous when pressured than when they ran due to coverage taking their routes away..

Those people that you say are ignoring things probably just recognize that when you are a top 10 defense in the league and tied for 5th in points allowed but 8th from the bottom in points scored, offense is why you are losing games. It is math, not science. :bng:

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So, are you saying the Saints D has no issues and has no room for improvement? Because my only point is that the D has issues and there is room for improvement.

You honestly think the D played like a top 10 unit during this losing streak? Against Atl? Against NYG. I didn’t play ball past high school, so good chance that you have more experience than I do. But it’s foolish to cut into me when I point out that Philly ran it down the Saints throats. Their RBs as a group ran for 170+ yards and had over 5 yards a carry in that gam. That’s without any QB input. Yet you come after me for pointing that out? That’s foolish and it’s foolish if you think that’s good defense.

Re: THURSDAY NIGHT IS ON THE DEFENSE.
 

Our whole team sucks right now. Defense. Offense. And SP.

Punter is good. Lol

Re: THURSDAY NIGHT IS ON THE DEFENSE.
 

Not at throwing passes on fake punts.

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Our WR would have dropped it anyway...

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LMFAO

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