dean being out for 3 weeks isnt a minor injury and some of them we dont know how long they are outno guys out for the year cmon now
dean being out for 3 weeks isnt a minor injury and some of them we dont know how long they are outno guys out for the year cmon now
That is the purpose of zone defense right. Keep plays in front of you and rally up to make tackles. Don't let the big play go over the top. It isn't so much a three and out defense as it is an eventually you'll miss a play and we'll stop you. Of course you have to pass guys off correctly in the deep zones so they can't go over the top.I was really hoping they would push for Bradberry. I think Jackson III plays better this year. He was right there on that long throw Saturday.
Got a couple fingers on dudes mask on accident and got a tough flag. If the LBs can just cover the soft zone and flats, that just might give the DLine time to get home.
So far it looks like the gameplan to beat our defense is the quick game.
Yeah, I think Jackson will play better. He's a man coverage player who was in too much zone last year. Hopefully Fuller will continue his play from the latter part of the season. Love St Juste's size and he's got soime skills. There's no high priced safety they have to try n justify playing so Curl should will be in the mix starting opening day. McCain still makes me uneasy. And while I have more confidence in the secondary than I do the LBing, Just like the LBs depth is more an X factor than a known one. I still can't believe no real effort has been made to acquire another LB as well.I was really hoping they would push for Bradberry. I think Jackson III plays better this year. He was right there on that long throw Saturday.
Got a couple fingers on dudes mask on accident and got a tough flag. If the LBs can just cover the soft zone and flats, that just might give the DLine time to get home.
So far it looks like the gameplan to beat our defense is the quick game.
I'd like to see Wince lead a TD drive against a 1st unit defense myself.I am at the point to see how they play once the regular season starts. There are more weapons on offense, a better QB they should score more points. Hopefully that means the D won't have to be on the field as long. I don't know what to expect from the D.
I am also hoping now matter who wins having KC and Baltimore as the last two preseason games helps the team. Both good well coached teams.
dean being out for 3 weeks isnt a minor injury and some of them we dont know how long they are out
You forgot weswho are you really worried about? Norwell? Turner, or TE Tuner?
You forgot wes
with the samuel debacle last year i question those predictionsHe is supposed to be ready for week 1
Poor scheme is why. Make little adjustments on 3 &5 or less. Cannot always line 6-7 yards off and play zone. Get more creative with your play calling and don't get beat over the top.I dont want to overreact based off of three quarters of football from the starters. It just seems like us playing this soft is allowing teams to get easy yards on 1st and 2nd. That's leaving teams with favorable 3rd down situations.
We simply cannot get off the field on 3rd down. I'm not even going to pretend to know the solution. It seems whenever we send more than four, we give up big plays.
It's very early though. We'll all know exactly what we have on defense very shortly.
Listened to Logan Paulsen and Craig Hoffman today.I finally got to see the game
I am not going over what has already said other then it’s clear we arent an elite team .
So far our defense looks to be middle of the pack
Samuel and brown don’t seem to be able to make plays on contested catches
Erickson , funny as it seams , is doing well in the offense which I said he needed to to but is mediocre in the return game
So far I have Milne over Erickson with the rubber match coming vs ravens next week
I am concerned about injuries and the lack of snaps our staring interior o/lineman going into week one as well as our TES
Turner not having preseason snaps going into the regular season hurts his development
Wish Bates got more snaps
Dotson looks to be a gem
Howell has nice tools , he really just needs seasoning and limiting batted balls
Clearly Falco is the number 2 guy and I haven’t seen anything from Howell that’s makes me think he can come in and win football games yr one
Love his potential
My take is the defense will be good enough vs avg or below avg teams and will struggle vs the good onesI'm personally not concerned about the offense. Mahomes is gonna do what Mahones does, but Baker moved the football on us too. That's what has me concerned. It's so early though.
I like Samuel in the slot anyway. Glad Dotson is the 2. Sheehan stated that the Chiefs attempted the fourth least 3rd down attempts last year.
Said the Skins (didn't use that term) should be encouraged by the fact that they were able to get KC in 3rd down situations.
Tom pushed back and closed by saying he feels the Skins are gonna have to score a lot of points this year and was laughing when he said it.
It's all about perspective at this point. Do you bash the doom and gloom crowd? Is the doom and gloom crowd looking at everyone else and saying "you don't see these red flags on defense?"
Who's right? Not sure. Gonna find out real soon.
If we are ranked in the teens on defense we'll have a shot at playing meaningful games in December.My take is the defense will be good enough vs avg or below avg teams and will struggle vs the good ones
It looks to be middle of the pack