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Take a break from Tua and Watson and get a jump start on Halloween by looking at this horror. The stats on this unit are brutal. We are at or near the bottom of every meaningful category.

yards per game - 31st
first downs allowed - 30th
third down conversions allowed - 31st
points allowed - 31st
passing yards allowed - 30th
sacks - 27th
rushing - 19th

Just terrible work by Flores and Grier with this defense. All that money spent on corners to be nearly dead last in passing yards. Bringing back Elandon Roberts and re-signing Baker to anchor your lb core. Thinking Van Ginkel was anything more than a situational pass rusher. As many problems as the offense has this unit has more.
 
so bad and it seems like our scheme is totally different than last year.. why?? what happened to cover zero? at least cover 1.
the last falcon drive on the first play we are in ZONE.. one play, midfield.. joke of a coaching staff....
talk about putting players in position to fail..
 
I don't understand why our Defense has deteriorated so badly this season. I am interested in understanding why this has happened. Most of the players were here last season when the Defense was the real strength of the team. Kyle Van Noy and Bobby McCain both departed, but what else happened? I don't understand it.
 
tommyp said:
so bad and it seems like our scheme is totally different than last year.. why?? what happened to cover zero? at least cover 1.
the last falcon drive on the first play we are in ZONE.. one play, midfield.. joke of a coaching staff....
talk about putting players in position to fail..
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It does look different. We line up like we can beat teams with talent alone. We seem to have lost all the clever looks of the last two seasons.
 
Regulus said:
Take a break from Tua and Watson and get a jump start on Halloween by looking at this horror. The stats on this unit are brutal. We are at or near the bottom of every meaningful category.

yards per game - 31st
first downs allowed - 30th
third down conversions allowed - 31st
points allowed - 31st
passing yards allowed - 30th
sacks - 27th
rushing - 19th

Just terrible work by Flores and Grier with this defense. All that money spent on corners to be nearly dead last in passing yards. Bringing back Elandon Roberts and re-signing Baker to anchor your lb core. Thinking Van Ginkel was anything more than a situational pass rusher. As many problems as the offense has this unit has more.
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Good post. The defense is escaping serious scrutiny because of how miserable the offense is, and how obsessed we all are with Tua vs. the world.

The decision making on defense has been abysmal, and that’s on Flo—I don’t blame Grier at all, except for listening to Flo.

I have zero doubt it was Flo who wanted to move on from KVN and Lawson. Grier brought in McKinney to play linebacker and stuff the run. Flo decided to cut him and double down on Baker and Roberts. That Baker extension is on Flo, too—no way Grier does that without Flo prompting him to. Flo wanted Butler from NE. He wanted McCourty from NE. He wanted to bring back John Jenkins as our only nose behind Raekwon.

Pretty much everyone agreed that Phillips was the best pass rusher in the draft, and we picked him. Then Flo spent half the off-season trying to teach him to play linebacker and drop into coverage. Now it’s the regular season, and he’s worthless as a pass rusher.

We’re just a mess on defense, and it’s because basically every single decision Flo has made has been bad. We need to totally re-build the linebacking corps and pass rush.
 
I’d love it if a reporter would ask Flo if he was planning on adding defensive help at the deadline. Just for the aggravation factor. Someone needs to get on him for this defense. It’s pitiful. Any time the opposition needs something it’s pretty much candy from a baby. It’s his expensive secondary that’s killing us the lost to boot. 20 pressures yesterday seems fine, easy completions regardless.
 
Regulus said:
It does look different. We line up like we can beat teams with talent alone. We seem to have lost all the clever looks of the last two seasons.
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yes and i'm baffled as to why.. i hope one of the reporters presses flores on this
 
Regulus said:
Take a break from Tua and Watson and get a jump start on Halloween by looking at this horror. The stats on this unit are brutal. We are at or near the bottom of every meaningful category.

yards per game - 31st
first downs allowed - 30th
third down conversions allowed - 31st
points allowed - 31st
passing yards allowed - 30th
sacks - 27th
rushing - 19th

Just terrible work by Flores and Grier with this defense. All that money spent on corners to be nearly dead last in passing yards. Bringing back Elandon Roberts and re-signing Baker to anchor your lb core. Thinking Van Ginkel was anything more than a situational pass rusher. As many problems as the offense has this unit has more.
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Tua must be playing on defense. Because some posters blame him for everything else wrong with this team.
 
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