I blame Doug. He's failed in hiring the correct defensive coordinator and he's yet to identify and resolve the issues on that side of the football, which is apart of his job and his title being the HEAD coach.

Caldwell was right. The problem is still here in the building. At least Caldwell's squad was more consistent in pass rushing and creating turnovers. When you look at Nielsen's history? He had CO-DC responsibilities in New Orleans with Dennis Allen and then he had an okay year in Atlanta where teams didn't have to put a ton of points on you anyway with Desmond Ridder as your opposing QB.

Just bad decision making all around. Not to mention Baalke probably not having the right players to begin with to fit whatever scheme it is that Nielsen is trying to run. Earlier on this season they tried more man-to-man, then they tried zone, then they mixed in both, etc. There's still no push from the front four though. As much grief as this secondary gets?

Aaron Rodgers [BLEEP] discovered the fountain of youth today in Jacksonville and was moving in and out of the pocket and making plays with his legs because the base front couldn't get to him at all. Hines-Allen? Walker? Nowhere to be found today. Armstead? Lollygagging. Just pathetic. It's a trickle down effect. If your trench sucks, so does your secondary.

Doug really needed a DC with HC qualities to cover his [BLEEP] like he had in Philadelphia with Jim Schwartz. Somebody like Vic Fangio or Jack Del Rio, maybe Ron Rivera, etc. He really needs somebody extremely competent and qualified to run his defense for him because he's apparently clueless when it comes to that side of the football and he's barely scraping by on offense, which is something he's supposed to be good at.

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