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<blockquote data-quote="lexwaldez" data-source="post: 1420785" data-attributes="member: 9817"><p>Wildcat. He's serviceable against a team that can't defend the run imho. I don't feel terrible about the offense under Rivers assuming we can keep the turnover monster in check. Gawd what happened there? I hope they got that out of their system. </p><p></p><p>The defense though. The defense is a TOTAL disaster. There's little consistent pressure on their QB. We're giving up a couple football fields worth of run yardage each game. And it's easy to slash us underneath the zone. See us in man, send a man deep and throw over his shoulder. We're so passive it's ridiculous. It's like we're a hippy, non-violent defense that doesn't want to make you feel bad. I can't imagine an offense lines up and feels any sense of foreboding. They have to line up and just salivate. The biggest difficulty our defense presents opposing offenses with is how do they want to beat us? With everything open it's hard for a QB to make a decision. Run? Yep. Short throw? That's open. Tight end over the middle? All day. Wide outs deep? If you're not worried about hurting your arm then you should probably go for it. The only real question is where do you start trying to fix this? I guess rushing the QB and stopping the run would be first priorities. </p><p></p><p>With a defense this bad, it's hard to see another win but at the same time I feel like we're our own worst enemies and the games at some point are within reach. Last year was a foregone conclusion. I think this year is the more frustrating of the two imho.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lexwaldez, post: 1420785, member: 9817"] Wildcat. He's serviceable against a team that can't defend the run imho. I don't feel terrible about the offense under Rivers assuming we can keep the turnover monster in check. Gawd what happened there? I hope they got that out of their system. The defense though. The defense is a TOTAL disaster. There's little consistent pressure on their QB. We're giving up a couple football fields worth of run yardage each game. And it's easy to slash us underneath the zone. See us in man, send a man deep and throw over his shoulder. We're so passive it's ridiculous. It's like we're a hippy, non-violent defense that doesn't want to make you feel bad. I can't imagine an offense lines up and feels any sense of foreboding. They have to line up and just salivate. The biggest difficulty our defense presents opposing offenses with is how do they want to beat us? With everything open it's hard for a QB to make a decision. Run? Yep. Short throw? That's open. Tight end over the middle? All day. Wide outs deep? If you're not worried about hurting your arm then you should probably go for it. The only real question is where do you start trying to fix this? I guess rushing the QB and stopping the run would be first priorities. With a defense this bad, it's hard to see another win but at the same time I feel like we're our own worst enemies and the games at some point are within reach. Last year was a foregone conclusion. I think this year is the more frustrating of the two imho. [/QUOTE]
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