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Despite how bad or good everyone thinks our offense is, it was the defense that gave up the points in all of our losses.
Flo has lost the locker room. If our defense was anywhere near last years, our record would look a lot different.
 
Rmerrill2 said:
Despite how bad or good everyone thinks our offense is, it was the defense that gave up the points in all of our losses.
Flo has lost the locker room. If our defense was anywhere near last years, our record would look a lot different.
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Someone thinks our offense is good? Even the best defense breaks if you bend it enough.

The defense isn't broken, the team is. The coaching is. The front office is. Get a new head coach, defensive coordinator, and offensive coordinator with experience and this team will improve drastically without even changing the players.
 
Tua delivered the lead and they squandered it in about three plays with no resistance.

The previous week, Flores made an inexplicable 4th and one call near midfield. And he ran on a play that wasn't working because he has a foaming at the mouth level of stubborn-ness. And you didn't give the ball to Tua, who was a 70% passer. The odds were with Tua. Put the ball in the hands of Tua or stop blaming him for everyone else's flaws.
 
Defense is giving up 29.6 points per game.

Any QB in the league would have a hard time to have even just a winning record (including Watson) with those stats.

Secondary isn’t getting any younger. As an outsider I’d say keep all the capital to fill the holes.

Teams make the Playoffs, not just QB’s.
 
The last two games our offense put up over 400 yards and won the time of possession battle handily. Those were the first two games all year where we had more yards than our opponents. Our defense gave up 390yds and more points in both games. I hate that our LB’s can’t tackle. That’s the most frustrating thing to see. And we don’t know how to play zone. I’ll see two defenders holding hands and the receiver drops into a wide open area for an easy catch. These are the biggest problems. IMO
 
The defense blew the lead vs Atlanta but it was only a 1 point lead. In todays NFL if you are up by 1 or 2 points and the other team has 2 minutes to get a FG they probably get it 85% of the time. That said, Atlanta got it in just 3 plays basically - pathetic attempt to defend.

Note: I would take being down by 1 or 2 tomorrow w 2 min left and the ball on our 25.
 
Jamesw said:
iMO are biggest weakness as a defense is a severe lack of mental and physical toughness. We seem to go out and score on our first drive. And then once the opposition scores we crumble.
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Not going to disagree, but it seems as though, O and D, they come out with a solid game plan, but are clueless when it comes to adjustments. Everyone seems to play 'I don't want to get jumped on for messing up.'
 
Last years defence wasn’t THAT good. It made a lot of big, game changing plays - for which it deserves credit - but it also gave up a lot of yards. I think we all feared what would happen if the big plays dried up. And this year that’s exactly what we’re seeing.

The regression of the defence should be really irking our defensive minded HC. But he seems more interested in laying the blame on our inexperienced QB internally.

His body language looks totally different year on year to me. Last year he would have literally fought for his players on the pitch. This year he seems distanced from them and more concerned with preserving his own reputation. Which - ironically - is dissolving every single week for me.
 
The defense is simply not making tackles. Not attacking the ball or the player with the ball. Playing scared!
 
The tackling in particular has been terrible. Our LB play overall is poor
 
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