There were so many times where we had guys meeting Forte at the line of scrimmage or had Forte backed up behind his offensive linemen and he was able to break arm tackles or bounce the run the opposite direction. The players are in the right place but it is the non-existent tackling that has me worried. Outside of maybe three guys, the tackling of this defense is pretty horrific.
Clinton-Dix seriously needs some tackling practice as he is always dropping his head and whiffing. Not only is it bad practice but one day he is going to connect with that and hurt his neck.
Sam Shields tackling has declined. Yes, it was already bad. It is now worse.
Another issue was the pass rush. Unless Matthews was rushing from the outside, there wasn't much pressure outside of him and Peppers.
I was impressed with our other DBs. Randall played the ball well and his coverage was also decent.
Glad it's only week 1 and the team can build from this.