I guess it all depends on where you get your stats from. For example:
www.footballoutsiders.com
Has us as the 31st rated defense in terms of defensive efficiency scoring low in passing and rushing defense which is what my eyes have told me. It seems to me that our run defense has been poor. It also seems to me that the communication in the secondary has been discombobulated. This is evident in the 57 yard completion at the end of the 1st half on Sunday where Iggy got torched and didn’t seem to understand where he should be so the Seahawks end up scoring 7 points with 16 seconds or so left in the half. Some of that is on the rookie CB for sure, but some of that is on the coaching staff for putting him in that position and not sorting out the communication issues.
Another non defensive related coaching issue was not challenging that Fitzpatrick would be 3rd down conversion when they said he Was over the LOS, but when they replayed it on TV it looked very clear that he was behind the LOS. The fact that Flo doesn’t have someone in the booth who can tell him yo challenge that was a real momentum killer and very upsetting.
The defense needs work. Here’s another stat sheet:
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This shows that our defense is actually 30th in red zone TD % and 30th against rushing touchdowns. It does show that we are 10th in scoring defense, so while that’s not a disaster, some of that is a function of who we played and how they played us. But, maybe it’s because we didn’t have a preseason, but I do think there are some coaching issues that need to be resolved particularly on the defensive side of the ball because those issues should be fixable, that’s all I was saying...