The part that kills me, absolutely kills me, is that Gus has benched 50% of his starting secondary in the last couple of weeks even though they're being asked to do the impossible: cover receivers indefinitely while the quarterback has a drink, takes a nap, watches an episode of CSI and then throws the football. Seriously, this team has no pass rush. House is better than what we saw on Sunday, and certainly much better than Gratz. I'm not going to argue that Brown is particularly good, but I think he's still better than Josh Evans. Demetrius McCray continues to cover punts because...accountability?

 

Point being, it's hard to point fingers at the secondary and say, "YOU GUYS SUCK!" when our defensive line applies all the pressure of a one-sided clamp. The secondary isn't great, but it's not the source of the problem. Clemons and Miller are utterly useless, Marks is hobbled (and Alualu was not an adequate replacement) and Odrick is eating up blockers because Miller is being handled one-on-one without the offensive lineman breaking a sweat. We knew coming in that the safeties were a problem, but to be benching cornerbacks while not benching underachievers like Branch, Clemons and Miller on the line is like putting a band-aid on a knee scrape while you're bleeding out from your jugular.

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