(01-14-2024, 01:56 PM)Jag149 Wrote:

(01-14-2024, 01:45 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Football analysis doesn't have jack [BLEEP] to do with feelings. Don't be a douche bag. 

When your defense gift wraps 21 points to the Flacco led browns with busted coverages then lets Henry run for three times his typical YPC it is a major [BLEEP] problem that supersedes offensive efficiency on that day.

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It appeared to me Doug talked to the players and then the coaches. Compared what was said and found huge differences between the conversations and those he did last year. Then made the moves needed.  What does a defensive guy do if he doesn't have an assignment for a specific situation ?  Perhaps they freelance....  just a guess.

Yes - they do exit interviews with players and coaches. 

The answers and info received in those can often accumulate into a big arrow pointing at a commonly expressed problem. 

There's a ton of other stuff we don't get to see or hear about as well amongst a staff. Who knows what schisms may have existed between the offensive and defensive staff? 

Caldwell was somewhat unique as a DC hire in that he and Doug had very little history compared to a number of other guys brought in. ( I think they were both position coaches in Philly for one year under Reid) 

Seeing this defense trounced by mediocre QBs and offenses to end the season is enough for me to be OK with the dismissals.

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