Our Defense Was God Awful Today - WTF 41 pts allowed?

neugey · 01-09-2011, 11:02 AM

Silver lining - the awful defense likely made GW's stock drop, so maybe less likely he'll get offered a HC job.

This was easily the worst defensive performance in at least 2 years, I think it was an abberation.

lumm0x · 01-09-2011, 12:01 PM

Defense cost us this game. It's over.

With that said, getting rid of Gregg Williams is not the answer. My god, we live and breath the aggressiveness of this guy all year and this loss has most people kicking him out on his ear? Alot of you sound like the cybil Falcons fans knee jerking after every loss.

We have some serious holes in the personnel of the defense even when healthy. With the injuries the holes are more obvious and exploitable and frankly we just didn't rise to the occassion and a veteran QB along with a lot of heart from every other Seahawk just out gutted us for 3 hours.

Harper is the perfect box safety who can handle most TE's if the over the top support is there. Sharper didn't have the range we needed that Jenkins could have provided. Porter and Greer are still starters. They played well, made some nice tackles and coverage. We never addressed the Shanle position nor the loss of Fujita. Dunbar is great depth. He is not a starter. Neither is any other OLB on our roster. 2 glaring position problems. Alex Brown, same thing. Good depth, not a starter anymore. We need a pass rush without a blitz and Will Smith alone is not enough.

36 pts should be enough to win any game. This one was on the defense. Man to man we got out played and Seattle came up with some killer plays, not ones we could have schemed to stop and the players on this field just didn't have the instincts to recognize them or adjust. Hell on that final Lynch TD run please tell me what defensive play call Williams could have put in to prevent 8 guys blowing the tackle on him? We had 8 guys get their hands on Lynch and fail to make the tackle. It was a complete defensive self destruction. Not Gregg Williams.

cajun911 · 01-09-2011, 01:58 PM

Yeah our defense was terrible. Our pass D was getting burnt like toast. Mix that with bad special teams and no running game and you get a ticket home. That's it, we need to shake some things up in the off season.

Sinner · 01-09-2011, 02:08 PM

We just were not hungry this year - Except for Drew, nobody played with fire consistently. Injuries happen because of that as well - full bellies from last year's party.

SmashMouth · 01-09-2011, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by Sinner

We just were not hungry this year - Except for Drew, nobody played with fire consistently. Injuries happen because of that as well - full bellies from last year's party.

Great point ... on replay I noticed a few Saints not giving full effort... that last run TD by Seattle comes to mind. Also, the post game interview of Drew and SP showed they were pissed; Drew saying he should have scored TD's on all possessions (class way to shoulder the loss). The reality, of course, is the lackluster play of the D. 36 points points ought to be enough to win a game.

01-09-2011, 02:08 PM	#4
Sinner 1000 Posts + Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 4,068	We just were not hungry this year - Except for Drew, nobody played with fire consistently. Injuries happen because of that as well - full bellies from last year's party.
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01-09-2011, 08:50 PM	#5
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,720 Blog Entries: 29	Originally Posted by Sinner We just were not hungry this year - Except for Drew, nobody played with fire consistently. Injuries happen because of that as well - full bellies from last year's party. Great point ... on replay I noticed a few Saints not giving full effort... that last run TD by Seattle comes to mind. Also, the post game interview of Drew and SP showed they were pissed; Drew saying he should have scored TD's on all possessions (class way to shoulder the loss). The reality, of course, is the lackluster play of the D. 36 points points ought to be enough to win a game.

01-09-2011, 11:02 AM	#1
neugey Hu Dat! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,853 Blog Entries: 13	Silver lining - the awful defense likely made GW's stock drop, so maybe less likely he'll get offered a HC job. This was easily the worst defensive performance in at least 2 years, I think it was an abberation.

01-09-2011, 12:01 PM	#2
lumm0x Resident antediluvian Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,026	Defense cost us this game. It's over. With that said, getting rid of Gregg Williams is not the answer. My god, we live and breath the aggressiveness of this guy all year and this loss has most people kicking him out on his ear? Alot of you sound like the cybil Falcons fans knee jerking after every loss. We have some serious holes in the personnel of the defense even when healthy. With the injuries the holes are more obvious and exploitable and frankly we just didn't rise to the occassion and a veteran QB along with a lot of heart from every other Seahawk just out gutted us for 3 hours. Harper is the perfect box safety who can handle most TE's if the over the top support is there. Sharper didn't have the range we needed that Jenkins could have provided. Porter and Greer are still starters. They played well, made some nice tackles and coverage. We never addressed the Shanle position nor the loss of Fujita. Dunbar is great depth. He is not a starter. Neither is any other OLB on our roster. 2 glaring position problems. Alex Brown, same thing. Good depth, not a starter anymore. We need a pass rush without a blitz and Will Smith alone is not enough. 36 pts should be enough to win any game. This one was on the defense. Man to man we got out played and Seattle came up with some killer plays, not ones we could have schemed to stop and the players on this field just didn't have the instincts to recognize them or adjust. Hell on that final Lynch TD run please tell me what defensive play call Williams could have put in to prevent 8 guys blowing the tackle on him? We had 8 guys get their hands on Lynch and fail to make the tackle. It was a complete defensive self destruction. Not Gregg Williams.

01-09-2011, 01:58 PM	#3
cajun911 The anti-falcon Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Thibodaux, La. Posts: 187	Yeah our defense was terrible. Our pass D was getting burnt like toast. Mix that with bad special teams and no running game and you get a ticket home. That's it, we need to shake some things up in the off season.