I hope we find a defensive scheme that performs better that today's effort...Our d had more holes in it than a catholic girls school!!
Originally Posted by: gotarace
Um, not sure any defensive scheme can cover the loss of your best two LBs, best playmaking CB, and best Safety. We're without Bishop and Hawk, lose Woodson after the hit, and don't have Collins. You're second best corner is a 2nd year player who is still learning the ins and outs of being a CB.
Frankly, some of the plays the Giants made you give them mad props for. Nicks is a beast, and clearly beat Tramon. Cruz is pretty damn impressive, and beat Bush badly. The other team's players made some plays; they get paid to do that too.
Some plays we can definitely improve upon. The Beckum TD was atrocious. But you have to realize with Charlie Peprah at S in coverage and a young S in Burnett who is still a rookie.... we're going to get beat. We can play better, and some of the big plays could be made more manageable, but really going forward this is what you will get with this group. It simply is not talented / disruptive enough to mask the fact that outside of our top 3 DBs (Tramon, Charles, Collins) we're a very inexperienced group with players that lack elite physical talent (Peprah) or are simply too raw (Burnett / Shields).
On a slightly related note... did anyone even see Mike Neal out there do a thing? I mean did he even play the game? That is a serious question. He was invisible, if he did play.
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