Originally Posted by
colin
we aren't good enough tackling or rushing the passer.
other than that, our D is freaking solid. we had a couple 3rd down breakdowns, but we took the damn ball away over and over, in clutch situations.
the bottom line is we have solid LBs (great with TKO in), and OK line (play well in spurts, but adams is the only top quality player there) and the best freaking secondary in football.
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carolina couldn't stop the miami O, carolina has like 60 million tied up in their D line and a top pick at LB. Miami also ran on them.
Philly gave up huge plays to Dallas, the Ravens lost to the titans, tampa let detroit back into the game and lost to vinnie and the jests.
THE D CAN'T STOP EVERYONE ALL THE TIME.
our D played lights out this week, and played very well last week.
this reminds me of how people criticise nate clements, saying he blew the game against NO because stallworth had so many yards. no corner is perfect, and on half of those plays clements wasn't on him.
so yeah, we gave up some long passes to miami, so did denver and carolina.
you don't play perfect every game, and SWITCHING TO THE FREAKING 3-4 won't help. NE is good at 3-4 D, and is ***** this year. our D now is WAY WAY WAY better than it was when we were going to superbowls, and even in 98. did you guys see that playoff game they repeated from 98? we had next to no pressure and our secondary was like swiss cheese.
i'll take our D and special teams against anyone. all we need is to run the ball and protect the passer a bit, and kick clements in the nuts if he forgets what he did to get the lead in the second half.