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Personnel-wise I think we could be OK - not great, but okay.
I really do see our ILB's as being junk - the last big play any of our ILB's made was over 2 years ago by Bishop in the SB.
I like House, I like Perry, I like Jones, I like McMillian, I like Raji, I like Pickett, I like Hayward, Shields, and Burnett. So there's a decent amount of talent to like about our defense. There are a few very difficult to overcome problems though - only 1 2-gap DL on the roster, no talent at ILB, and poor tackling in the back end. There are problems at all 3 levels of our defense.
If we had a decent DC, he would be finding ways to deal with those short comings - instead, he not only doesn't deal with them, he and TT refuse to acknowledge they even exist. As a result, not only does Mr. Spraypaintedhair fail to address the problems, he makes them all worse.
My biggest beef is how he deals with the DL and the front seven (six or five really) - we can't stop the run, and we get pushed around pretty easily, so Mr. Spraypaintedhair says, "Defensive Linemen?? We don't need no stinking Defensive Linemen!!!".
By his reckoning, in a running situation, against a running team - we really only need 1 DL... brilliant!!! And of course on the infamous "catch the defender TD", Mr. Dunderhead had only 1 DL on the field again. The man simply cannot help himself - he wants as few DL on the field as possible, it's in his nature.
You guys are all excited about Jones - but what are the odds that he's on the field with anyone else where the offense has to account for anyone other than Matthews??
Account for Matthews, account for Jones - game, set, match. And truthfully, if you watch Capers in the booth when the cameras are on him - he couldn't care less. He literally has a "let's try this, and let's try this" approach to play calling.
Get rid of Capers, and maybe we could be on to something, but until he's gone, we're going to have more of the same problems... making that SB run with him as our DC was truly a miracle.
I really do see our ILB's as being junk - the last big play any of our ILB's made was over 2 years ago by Bishop in the SB.
I like House, I like Perry, I like Jones, I like McMillian, I like Raji, I like Pickett, I like Hayward, Shields, and Burnett. So there's a decent amount of talent to like about our defense. There are a few very difficult to overcome problems though - only 1 2-gap DL on the roster, no talent at ILB, and poor tackling in the back end. There are problems at all 3 levels of our defense.
If we had a decent DC, he would be finding ways to deal with those short comings - instead, he not only doesn't deal with them, he and TT refuse to acknowledge they even exist. As a result, not only does Mr. Spraypaintedhair fail to address the problems, he makes them all worse.
My biggest beef is how he deals with the DL and the front seven (six or five really) - we can't stop the run, and we get pushed around pretty easily, so Mr. Spraypaintedhair says, "Defensive Linemen?? We don't need no stinking Defensive Linemen!!!".
By his reckoning, in a running situation, against a running team - we really only need 1 DL... brilliant!!! And of course on the infamous "catch the defender TD", Mr. Dunderhead had only 1 DL on the field again. The man simply cannot help himself - he wants as few DL on the field as possible, it's in his nature.
You guys are all excited about Jones - but what are the odds that he's on the field with anyone else where the offense has to account for anyone other than Matthews??
Account for Matthews, account for Jones - game, set, match. And truthfully, if you watch Capers in the booth when the cameras are on him - he couldn't care less. He literally has a "let's try this, and let's try this" approach to play calling.
Get rid of Capers, and maybe we could be on to something, but until he's gone, we're going to have more of the same problems... making that SB run with him as our DC was truly a miracle.
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