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Mikey · 12-13-2024, 09:32 AM

(12-12-2024, 09:09 PM)JagFanatic24 Wrote: Oh ok, the defense ain’t the problem ?

maybe not NOT a problem, but less of a problem than getting your 275M investment killed on a yearly basis.

You get the offense working, watch what happens to defensive stats. You shift TOP into your favor, see what happens when a D has time to rest, analyze, and adjust. You have a team that can put points on the board, watch a D take advantage of risky plays trying to keep pace or catch up. We don't see any of that today.

The D is miserable, yes. But our run game sputters, the QB is getting ground to a pulp, and we do the D no favors with the poor excuse for offense when they aren't on the field. There's not just one problem - if there was, man, the fix would be dead simple. We gotta whole lotta problems, man.

(12-12-2024, 09:56 PM)Eric1 Wrote:
(12-12-2024, 09:29 PM)carp8dm Wrote: The defense is not the problem.

EDIT: The players on D are not the problem. But yeah, Neilson is a bad DC. But the players on D good enough to run back for the most part. Yeah we should upgrade safety and find a better DC that knows how to use our linemen. But it's not the Defense that is the problem.

It's the offense that is the problem. The D kept Houston under 25 points in both games we played them this year. We can't at least split a game with Houston?

The tacks are trash. They always will be. But we need to look at how Houston works us. And it's not the D that is the reason we lost to Houston this year. Houston is our antagonist. Folks here that hate the tacks are lost in the 90s. It's the 2020s. Houston is the hatred we need to focus on. I mean, damn. They targeted our franchise QB. Houston must be destroyed. Who cares about mayo? Let's focus on the spice.

The Defense is most definitely a problem. The Defenses stats before Lawrence's shoulder injury...

#Jaguars D prior to Lawrence shut down:

• 32nd Y/P (6.0)
• 32nd AY/A (9.2)
• 32nd passer rating (113.4)
• 31st pass EXP (-103.36)
• 30th PPG
• 30th TD passes (19)
• 30th YPA (8.2)
• 30th cmp-percentage (70.7)
• 29th TD pass-percentage (6.3%)
• 29th INTs (2)
• 26th rushing TDs (11)

The question becomes what is the cause? Compared to last year's D, is it the players we lost/brought in? Is it the DC? Is it the offense failing to do their part?

Stats are great, but we gotta do more than look at a few numbers to know what's the way to fix it.

One silver lining, with things being THIS bad, whatever changes we make will likely show improvement. @@