(09-24-2024, 12:31 PM)JagFan81 Wrote:

(09-24-2024, 12:21 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: It's a new scheme with a bunch of new personnel in the secondary and our biggest piece in the secondary went out with a hamstring injury in week 1.  The expectation months ago around here was that the defense would probably struggle early because of the change in scheme.  It's been exacerbated by injury, but we're seeing that in real time now.  I guess that performance in week 1 unfairly raised the expectations for many.  Please God let Tyson Campbell get healthy this week.  Scratch that, didn't realize he was put on IR so he's out at least until week 6.

I hope your right. It's a big difference scheme wise. Caldwell was heavy zone, Nielsen runs a lot of man. It may sound a simple change but there's a lot of small details that can cause big problems. The injuries in the backfield are really hurting. Teams are taking advantage of our backups and our better players aren't playing well so it's almost a perfect storm for bad outcomes.

I still believe this is a good team, even though they are nowhere near it right now and a W and some confidence would get us going in the right direction, I fear it's going to be rough for a few more weeks until the coaches and players put it all together.