When is the Defense gonna get in the game?

NBT · #1 10-12-2008, 04:00 PM

We finally won today over the Fish, but it certainly wasn't due to the defense, who couldn't hold a lead if their life depended on it. Try something else, or mix it up a little more, or hold onto an interception when you get it. Just do something!

painekiller · #2 10-12-2008, 04:14 PM

I thought the defense has been looking solid for the last few weeks. Today the defense over came the turn overs, and the game plan for the defense was solid.

We still need an upgrade of talent, but the unit will be solid for most of the season.

barrett · #3 10-12-2008, 05:30 PM

I agree. I was there and it was not a bad day for the D. They pressured the QB and covered well. They also defended the run well against a very good back, and they got miami off the field all day (2/10 on 3rd down).

The two big plays in the first half were bad, but the D was not the problem today. Turnovers and Red Zone trouble held us to 23 offensive points on almost 500 yards of offense.

NBT · #4 10-12-2008, 09:08 PM

Well, I beg to disagree. The offense has to score almost 30 points every week for us to have even a chance to win. that doesn't sound like very good defense to me. Plus turnovers are still killing us. We have got to tighten down the screws.

TexicanMexican · #5 10-12-2008, 09:28 PM

I think the defense played a decent game. I thought they came close to a few more sacks but most times Pennington had time to throw.

Nconroe · #6 10-13-2008, 01:21 AM

we're dead last in turnover ratio, so that makes it tough on the defense. and game clock management seems weak so far. but we seem to be getting better against the run, getting more pressure, and even defending a few passes. game smarts, tackling still need to get better, hope that is due to being mostly a young team. might get Dunta back in a week or two.

cadams · #7 10-13-2008, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by NBT

Well, I beg to disagree. The offense has to score almost 30 points every week for us to have even a chance to win. that doesn't sound like very good defense to me. Plus turnovers are still killing us. We have got to tighten down the screws.

Well if the offense didn't turn the ball over 4 times a game maybe they wouldn't have to score so many points. The defense is far from solid, but you can't lay all the points scored in the games this year on the defense. 14 points of the total in the colts game were directly due to offensive turnovers. (Sage's fumble returned for a TD. Another Sage fumble on the Texans' 20 yard line). You could argue that the defense should have held them to a FG on the second turnover, but that is still 10 points directly due to turnovers. The offense had the same issues against Miami.