Speed on Defense

[royalshank]

Seems to me we have become very slow on D - we made Adrian Petersen look 25 at times but it’s been all season.

You have to be fast on D to win in today’s game. Is it the system, coaching, situations or are we just flat out slow in our front 7?

And if we are, how many “athletes” do we need out there in order to be competitive in the next couple of seasons?

Am I thinking too hard about this? Are we as non-Athletic up there as it looks?

 

[Travis34]

I don’t think we are overly athletic all around, but I’m not concerned about it at this point

We will be overhauled throughout the whole roster over the next few years. We can’t keep drafting dudes like Charles Harris though

Baker is a great athlete but just not a great football player yet. If we could combine him and Raekwon we would have a very solid player

X is a good athlete

 

[jazz015]

looking a little to much into it. We are on the field a lot so they're tired. That and we are deprived of talent even to a team like the skins we look that bad

 

[NoblePhin]

AP is still good too.

 

[superphin]

It could also be that we have so many new faces that people don't know their assignment thus reacting slower than they normally would. The guys that transfer over to next years squad should hopefully know the defense a little bit more and react quicker without having to think about it.

 

[13marino13]

We looked much faster in the pre-season...

 

[BigNastyFish]

We looked much faster in the pre-season...

Preseason the team was eating a lot quinoa.
Switched over to taters just before game one.
Too much starch takes a toll!

 

[13marino13]

Preseason the team was eating a lot quinoa.
Switched over to taters just before game one.
Too much starch takes a toll!

Too much red meat perhaps?

 

[BigNastyFish]

Too much red meat perhaps?

Right. Stay with fish and tofu. The team chef is obviously a tanker!

 

[McDolphins]

Right. Stay with fish and tofu. The team chief is obviously a tanker!

How deep does this thing go?!? Are the ball boys involved, too?

 

[BigNastyFish]

How deep does this thing go?!? Are the ball boys involved, too?

Right. They've got Rosen hooked up with overinflated ("hard") balls!
I thought that was kind of obvious this past game.

 

[13marino13]

Right. Stay with fish and tofu. The team chief is obviously a tanker!

I think the team dietician is in on it for sure...

 

[13marino13]

How deep does this thing go?!? Are the ball boys involved, too?

They may be greasing balls before the game. The pigskins too!

 

[13marino13]

Right. They've got Rosen hooked up with overinflated ("hard") balls!
I thought that was kind of obvious this past game.

Those hard balls are difficult to handle. You may be on to something...

 

[ChuckyG]

How deep does this thing go?!? Are the ball boys involved, too?

How deep can the ball boys be?