(10-23-2018, 05:21 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I think a lot of the problem with the defense is simply fatigue. Last year we could at least sustain offensive drives and give the defense a rest, but now the offense is constantly 3 and out. Our defensive players are tired. Their being overworked, because the offense can't do their job.

Definitely true later in games, but when you've got LBs screwing up gap fits in the first two series of the game, safeties refusing to make hits in the run game, and pro-bowl CBs getting embarrassed early on in contests, there's more to it than just being tired. 

I don't think the defense is a major issue in these losses minus the cowboys game, but they'd better at least shore up their play against the run in London. It's been markedly worse over the past two weeks.

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