Offense is good, Defense is bad!

[HHURRICANE]

Jauron has a very dumbed down offense for the pre-season. I really believe that JP will be rolling out alot and there will be some planned runs for him. Fairchild hasn't shown much on the TE's but I think they will be getting alot of playing time. The Offense will be good. Very good. I think the OL, which is not very good, did a decent job with a dumbed down O and a stationary QB and a simple running attack. They will be under less pressure with a more advanced scheme.

The Defense is fighting for 29th in the league. I see no big upside here. Our secondary will be good but Donte, Ko, and Ashton are all developing this year. Our secondary cannot carry a team that doesn't get a decent pass rush. I see a very mediocre D-line. I also think our LB's are very overrated. Crowell made alot of tackles last year but I also saw him getting manhandled alot. We can't stop the run and I see it happening again. Fletcher makes 1 great play for every 4 he get's burned on. TKO is 80% at best. The only bright spot has been Schobel. He keeps getting better and I'm not one of his fans. I thought he got alot of garbage sacks last year but he has really impressed me this year.

Any thoughts?!

[Night Train]

Re: Offense is good, Defense is bad!

I think they're improving in run D with swarming to the ball. The Pass D will take time and I hope the Zone D is either improved or abandoned. The big problem is lack of pressure on the QB. Most times, the opposing QB has plenty of time to throw.

The OL is a work in progress and is painfully thin in depth. JP will have games where he's running for his life. I think we do have talent at the skill positions.

Next years Draft calls for a pass rushing DE and 2-3 more OL.

[OpIv37]

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Ha- I said almost the exact same thing the other day.

I think the Offense will finish no worse than 20th in the league, possibly even in the top half of the league.

I think the D will finish no better than 20th and quite possibly 25th or worse.

[justasportsfan]

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We shall see. You people forget Dick is a D coach. I doubt our D will be top 10 but I wouldn't be surprised if we'll be better than 20.

[HHURRICANE]

Re: Offense is good, Defense is bad!

Ha- I said almost the exact same thing the other day.

I think the Offense will finish no worse than 20th in the league, possibly even in the top half of the league.

I think the D will finish no better than 20th and quite possibly 25th or worse.

Great minds think alike!! I think our O turned the corner with Fairchild and with OL help next year I think we might have a San Diego type attack. That's a quick recovery from MM. Unfortunately TD's nightmare will continue on D. Kelsay, Denney, Fletcher, Anderson and the untalented draft picks under his era are going to linger until next year.

[John Doe]

Re: Offense is good, Defense is bad!

Once the players get acclimated and the rookies get some game time under their belts, the defense will be quite good.

All of the pieces are in place: a top shelf pass rushing end, quick and motivated tackles, good linebackers with an emerging star, and one of the most physically gifted secondaries in memory.

[OpIv37]

Re: Offense is good, Defense is bad!

We shall see. You people forget Dick is a D coach. I doubt our D will be top 10 but I wouldn't be surprised if we'll be better than 20.

it doesn't matter.

The talent on the DL just isn't there and the players aren't picking up on the zone.

[HHURRICANE]

Re: Offense is good, Defense is bad!

Once the players get acclimated and the rookies get some game time under their belts, the defense will be quite good.

All of the pieces are in place: a top shelf pass rushing end, quick and motivated tackles, good linebackers with an emerging star, and one of the most physically gifted secondaries in memory.

Who's the "top shelf" rushing end?! Who's the emerging star on D?!

[justasportsfan]

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it doesn't matter.

The talent on the DL just isn't there and the players aren't picking up on the zone.

based on preseason? Like I said, we shall see.

[John Doe]

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Who's the "top shelf" rushing end?! Who's the emerging star on D?!

Aaron Schobel is one of the top pass rushers in the league.

Angelo Crowell is going to be a star.

[SquishDaFish]

Re: Offense is good, Defense is bad!

This D will be top 15 in league watch and see.

[justasportsfan]

Re: Offense is good, Defense is bad!

Aaron Schobel is one of the top pass rushers in the league.

Angelo Crowell is going to be a star.

If Spikes get's to 100% , watch out !!! I am almost sure this team is playing vanilla D since we are playing division rivals in the first 2 games.

[THATHURMANATOR]

Re: Offense is good, Defense is bad!

Jauron has a very dumbed down offense for the pre-season. I really believe that JP will be rolling out alot and there will be some planned runs for him. Fairchild hasn't shown much on the TE's but I think they will be getting alot of playing time. The Offense will be good. Very good. I think the OL, which is not very good, did a decent job with a dumbed down O and a stationary QB and a simple running attack. They will be under less pressure with a more advanced scheme.

The Defense is fighting for 29th in the league. I see no big upside here. Our secondary will be good but Donte, Ko, and Ashton are all developing this year. Our secondary cannot carry a team that doesn't get a decent pass rush. I see a very mediocre D-line. I also think our LB's are very overrated. Crowell made alot of tackles last year but I also saw him getting manhandled alot. We can't stop the run and I see it happening again. Fletcher makes 1 great play for every 4 he get's burned on. TKO is 80% at best. The only bright spot has been Schobel. He keeps getting better and I'm not one of his fans. I thought he got alot of garbage sacks last year but he has really impressed me this year.

Any thoughts?!

How can you tell about Spikes in the couple plays he was in?

[HHURRICANE]

Re: Offense is good, Defense is bad!

Aaron Schobel is one of the top pass rushers in the league.

Angelo Crowell is going to be a star.

Schobel is looking good but I follow the NFL pretty closely and Schobel's name never get's mentioned. Has he been to the Pro-Bowl?! I wouldn't call him a top pass rusher.

Crowell came in for Spikes and played okay. I haven't seen anything that tells me that our undersized boy wonder is an emerging star.

[Michael82]

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I love how you say that the O doesn't scare you because you know it's just a very basic O and vanilla for the preseason. Yet you don't hold the same thoughts for the D. IMO, the defense was extremely vanilla and you will see a totally different, more aggressive D in week 1 against the Patriots. Then you will be able to see that we have a top 10-15 Defense for the year and it will get better as everyone starts gelling together.