(12-05-2022, 12:59 PM)carp8dm Wrote:

(12-05-2022, 12:47 PM)Kane Wrote: I dunno who deserves more blame but the knee jerk reactions are stupid.
When we beat the brakes off the bolts and clots no one was saying these things.
Maybe the very young team has some growing pains to work through. Give them and the coaches time to gel and grow beyond 12 total games. Especially rookies, stop acting like they're busts already jeebus.
No one is getting fired, there is progress in most areas of this team, year 2 together for all these guys is gonna be much better I'm sure.

We're into December...

There isn't anything reactionary anymore, my friend.  We gave the coaches time and they have produced what we have.

Offensive coaches:  Outstanding job.  The offense looks like a ligitimate NFL squad.  Trevor Lawrence has been established as a Franchise QB.  

Defensive coaches:  Failure on multiple levels.  They have taken free agents and squandered them to the point they don't even dress anymore.  You took two 1st round drafted players that had so much potential, and have sqaundered their talent.  There is no blitz capability to even pressure the QB.  You let your man to man concept be removed for a zone defense that has not ability to hold the offense.  Your D-Line is so trash that there is no pressure even on a QB that is a mark in the pocket.

What happened in September is one thing.  Our D looked good.  But they have been trash ever since.  

On the other hand, our offense continues to develop and get better.   Our offense and our QB was top 10 in November.  

So you tell me.  What's the problem?

Defense is now 25th overall. The only saving grace they have left is that for the rest of the way they play run heavy teams. If they can actually stop those teams it would salvage the investments made by Baalke, to an extent.

Caldwell has had a brutally tough year as a first time defensive coordinator though. This defense just looks completely lost and out of touch out there at times. Just when you think one performance was bad? They go out and have a "hold my beer" moment.

Walker whiffing on a sack with Goff and then just failing to get them off the field until they took a knee to finish out the clock was a first this year for this staff and this defense. 

I agree, it's December. Where in the [BLEEP] are the adjustments being made? Lloyd was used as a scapegoat and Muma was put out there but he's making tackles down the field and not in the backfield. 

Walker was told to play OLB. He's not effecting the QB at all. He only knows one move and one move only. Need to try something different. This is the other argument to be made as well. Especially for a number one overall selection.

When you look around the league and see the premier pass rushers, it's seldom they're stationary at LE, RE or OLB. Virtually all of them are lined up wherever the scheme needs them to be in order to create the easiest path to the QB. One drive they might be lined up off the left side, then the right side or right over the center and guard's shoulders.

You have to do what you have to do in a pass happy era of football to apply heat to the QB. Sounds simple. Because it is. In practice? Clearly not so much for this staff and current starting line up. They can't blitz because they can't handle man to man coverage. Zone is not working because the front four is ineffective and there's too much time for plays to breakdown in the secondary.

At some point. You have to make a decision and create an identity out there that works. If you're going to lean on Zone? You're going to have to disguise your blitzes well and you're going to have to move your players around on that front three, four. 12 weeks in with 19 sacks on the year. [BLEEP] disgraceful.

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