(09-24-2024, 02:41 PM)enigma Wrote: Hines-Allen and Walker have been immense disappointments for me this year... I had high expectations for both of them taking the next step and becoming focal points of our defense where plays could be made with their pass rush abilities.

But it's evident game in and game out that both of these guys just get engulfed by opposing tackles very easily and then they have no answer but to basically "give up" on rushing the passer. Josh Hines-Allen is not the Josh Allen we have been privileged to - and I don't know what the cause for regression is for him, but it's very disconcerting.

As far as Travon goes, I expected him to be a one-trick pony coming out of college - and he's absolutely been that and ONLY that, so we knew what we were getting with him. Don't forget the boneheaded penalties like lining up in the neutral zone...

Don't even get me started on Arik Armstead, for whatever reason this mountain of a man can't generate ANY push whatsoever. Maybe he has lingering issues with his injury, if we're taking the glass half-full approach.

I don't know. To me, it looks like our depleted secondary is hurting us more than anything in a man to man scheme. Go back to the Miami game and last night's game. They're just dropping back and getting the football in and out of the Quarterback's hands and they're attacking the LB core more than anything with their RB's in the passing game. 

It's hard for any front to get after the QB when they can do this. Nielsen is going to have to change his philosophy and approach until some of our guys get back into the starting line-up. We just don't have the bodies needed to make this all work. Just got harder if Oluokon is out with an ankle injury as well.

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