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CP is essentially clueless as to how to properly coach our defense in a successful fashion. We finally have the depth to help our weapons on defense succeed, and we finally have a legitimate chance to open it up without getting torched. Instead, our defensive playcalling has been boring, predictable, and clearly not results-oriented. I think I know why, and it is highly disturbing.
I believe CP has seen the talent we do have on defense, is happy with the depth we now have, and is content to rely on that talent to create turnovers and a pass rush. Um, I'm sorry, but though we do have talent, we do NOT have the talent to play man-up defense and prevail. We NEED creativity and aggressiveness. Without it, our defense will not succeed and we will see many more poor performances. I mean, his playcalling was good on several passing plays. What happened on those plays? Pressures and sacks. Does he learn from this and work more to bring pressure? Nope. More 3-man fronts and 4-man pass rushes that even idiots in the stands like me an tell will fail miserably.
Also, CP has yet to show he can actually coach fundamentals. Our tackling remains atrocious. Our discipline is non-existant. Any misdirection or well-run timing play will beat our defense. CP needs to step up his coaching, work the basics, and get this defense together, or it's going to be a looooong season.
We have the personnel to be a really tough defense; sadly, we have the coaching to make this a really predictable and easy-to-beat defense. Get rid of CP, Whis, or force him to change his ENTIRE gameplan. Please, please, for the LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE!!!
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We have, what, (1) pick so far. PRESSURE = MISTAKES = TURN-OVERS = WINS.. Football is a VERY basic game. Apparently, with our "D" we can hit lights-out but IF we don't get a fumble on the hit, we're screwed because our over-all tackling game-long is atrocious!
(BCS) Bootlegs, Counters, & Screens . We've never stopped them under Clancy. It appears we've gone back to the soft man coverages with our corners. Why do we no longer blitz Adrian Wilson ?
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Sunday was aggravating but lets not jump to conclusions just yet. The defense is ranked 8th on yards and 5th in points so it's not like they're getting torched. It's worth remembering that Sunday's game might have turned out much different if the Skins hadn't have gotten the ball deep in Cardinal territory after two turnovers.
The players need to step up as well. There were a lot of blown coverages and terrible tackling on Sunday. These are supposed professionals. They should have learned to tackle by now.
Did Docket even play on Sunday? The only time I saw him was on that personal foul called on that long TD. It seems like he shows up every 3 games or something.
our defense is,
8th in total yards, (Bucs 26th, Packers 27th)
11th in passing yards, ( BUcs 27th, Packers 22nd)
14th in rushing yards, ( Bucs 20th, Packers 27th)
9th in sacks, ( Bucs 9th, Packers 7th)
6th in td's allowed, (Bucs 5th, Packers 15th)
and most impotant of all,
4th in points allowed. ( Bucs 9th, Packers 23rd)
That's not the rankings in the NFC. That is the rankings of the entire NFL. Every catagory is above average. I chose to compare us to the Bucs and Packers who are considered to have good defenses and both are 2-1 in first place.
Players miss tackles. Players blow assignments. Coaches call wrong defenses. Players drop would be interceptions, Coaches call for a blitz at the wrong time and don't blitz when we should at times. Players make great plays. Players make not so great plays.
And sometimes the ball bounces 20 feet in the air off your opponents helmet and into a defenders hands.
It's a chess game except the peices are moving all the time. Everything we try to do the other team tries to counteract and vice-versa.
The defense allowed 2 long drives vs the Skins and 2 times the Skins got a gift inside our 30 yards line. HAs this defense played better than it did Sunday? Yes. Does it need to play better than it did Sunday? Undoubtedly. But the same could be said for the offense. Should Haley be fired?
Relax guys. Look around the league. We are not terrible. Nobody needs to be fired.
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Ken Whisenhunt 11-06-08
There were so many missed tackles and half hearted efforts that I KNOW these players are better than.
Part of the blame goes to the coach, but he can't suit up and take the field.
It's like the players reverted to college, which i can't stand BECAUSE of the poor tackling that is rampant on that level.
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There were so many missed tackles and half hearted efforts that I KNOW these players are better than.
Part of the blame goes to the coach, but he can't suit up and take the field.
It's like the players reverted to college, which i can't stand BECAUSE of the poor tackling that is rampant on that level.
Just because a player misses a tackle doesn't mean it was a half hearted effort.
Do you really believe we had defensive players just going thru the motions and not giving effort?
You may see that in certain teams late in the season or really bad teams, but I can't agree your assessment of half hearted effort. Nobody wnats to be pointed out in game films as giving aless than all out effort.
Poor technique? Okay. Mental breakdown? Okay, I'll go along with that. Remeber the opposition is trying to excel too. Sometimes you get him, sometimes he gets you. That's why they call it a game.
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Ken Whisenhunt 11-06-08
Maybe you're right.
My feeling is that even a small letdown in effort can have big (negative) results on the field.
I think our D gave their all in SF because they hate them, and they always play hard at home.
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