Is the sole reason we are losing is the struggling defense. No. But the struggling offense got a lead late in the game, the defense needs to put that game away. Football is never just one thing, but with a young, inconsistent offense, when they do succeed you need to capitalize and hold that.
Earlier in the game, our D staff decided this was the best they could trot out there on defense with a heavy set on offense shifted to one side. The one place where we have size and numbers is defensive line, when you set your players up to fail, they feed off that. For someone like Rodgers last year, it is disheartening to know that even when you succeed, the coaches will fail you. Ask a player, see how hard they are willing to fight when your coaches do this shit over and over.
Let Mike Whale tell you as well.
Rudy Ford has zero chance of holding up here. The whole defense and offense knows it.. it is this shit that cannot happen if you are a NFL coordinator.
Think that shit doesn't affect a team. It certainly does.
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"