I don't know if he was sleeping, but watching this during the game, his body language pissed me off. He sure didn't look like the aggressive defensive genius he's reported to be. He looked defeated. Helpless.
"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:
Be pissed off at our players on Defense.
Honestly, players are missing tackles, not at all communicating who has who (remember, in the offseason when Collins missed workouts, the biggest concern was he'd be unable to communicate responsibilities), and generally roaming around for no reason whatsoever.
For example, when Barnett ends up on Breaston, and comes toward the LOS as if its a run play only to end up shifting back to cover his responsibility.... well that's just a player making an error.
Can you blame him for feeling helpless and defeated? The mistakes we saw were not what you expect from a playoff Defense in week 18. Hell, you don't expect them from the #2 defense in the league. No one saw such a poor effort coming.
Hell, our best CB in Woodson himself was uncharacteristically lax in terms of tackling. One play where a WR caught the ball (I think it was Breaston again) over the middle, Woodson has a chance to tackle him, but instead tries to strip the ball and in the process gives up 3-4 extra yards and a first down.
You don't expect such mental mistakes, especially from your veterans.
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