Quote:I'm not making excuses, just an observation.  Doesn't that seem like the above has always been a problem with this team...since its inception?  They've always seemed to be vulnerable over the middle.  

 

Maybe it just seems that way...

 

 

Maybe it's simply a League wide thing where teams have made the choice to leave it open. It seems like it may be a holdover from the old days where Defense's practically begged players to go over the middle just so they can unload on them going for the ball. But with the rule changes that have occurred, that policy doesn't seem to be as effective any longer.

 

As for how it just seems like that, I think you're right. Even the Del Rio Defense's seemed like they were vulnerable with a few exceptions where Mike Pete would make a great play.

 

Quote:I agree with most of what you said, but especially the underlined part.   Maybe I wouldn't notice it as much if we were winning, but there are a lot of mistakes out there.   They just look kind of sloppy at times.   Neglecting to block someone, or not knowing whom to block, or taking the wrong angle in run support, or failing to find the ball when it's in the air on pass defense, or failing to cover someone, or just looking confused at times.  Safeties get pulled out of position.   Often they look unprepared for what the opponent throws at them.  It looks like opposing coaches are exploiting our mental weaknesses.   They know the plays and formations to throw at us that will confuse us.  

 

It makes me wonder sometimes if coaching isn't to blame.   So many mental errors out there.   It's like preseason sometimes. 

 

A part of it has to be youth, but I do think that while coaching may not be to blame for it necessarily, you can certainly overcome such things with coaching.

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