Defense question

Budsdrinker · 10-02-2014, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by Danno

Its pretty simple. Last year we had a pass rush, this year we do not.
Without a solid front 7, any secondary will get toasted, and this is proven over and over again and again.

I don't remember playing our CB's so far off last year. This is McGriffs second season so maybe its got his fingerprints all over it.

I see something that reminds me so much of 2012 I wanna throw up. After getting toasted on a long gainer our CB's look confused. They're palms are up wondering who was supposed to cover who. That didn't hapen a whole lot last year.

Another thing that reminds me of 2012 is so many missed tackles and gaping holes to run through.

I think the talent is there to be much better than what we see now, even with our sub-par LB's. They just aren't all on the same page it appears.

Agree and one more thing is the emphasis placed on turnovers where every D player is now trying to strip the ball instead of just tackling. Wrap up the guy first then someone else comes in for the strip. There is only 1 Peanut Tillman and he is probably retired soon with that injury!

10-02-2014, 10:01 AM	#5
Budsdrinker A Cajun Transforming TX Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Woodlands, Texas Posts: 2,787	Re: Defense question Originally Posted by Danno Its pretty simple. Last year we had a pass rush, this year we do not. Without a solid front 7, any secondary will get toasted, and this is proven over and over again and again. I don't remember playing our CB's so far off last year. This is McGriffs second season so maybe its got his fingerprints all over it. I see something that reminds me so much of 2012 I wanna throw up. After getting toasted on a long gainer our CB's look confused. They're palms are up wondering who was supposed to cover who. That didn't hapen a whole lot last year. Another thing that reminds me of 2012 is so many missed tackles and gaping holes to run through. I think the talent is there to be much better than what we see now, even with our sub-par LB's. They just aren't all on the same page it appears. Agree and one more thing is the emphasis placed on turnovers where every D player is now trying to strip the ball instead of just tackling. Wrap up the guy first then someone else comes in for the strip. There is only 1 Peanut Tillman and he is probably retired soon with that injury! brees84 likes this.

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