Quote:I would like to see our players time the snap and blow past the blockers, making a play or two. Our issue on defense is we didn't have a single playmaker. Nobody stepped up on defense to make a big play, whether it be a strip, an interception, or even a freaking sack. We had some good backfield stops in the run game, but that alone isn't going to do it, especially not against the Packers.

Timing the snap has always been Matthew's bread and butter. Not many players have done it better than him this decade.

 

Chris Smith does it a fair bit, he's just nowhere near the level of player Clay Matthews is.

 

On your last point some of our guys stepped up, Prince was very good, Ramsey gave up 5 yards/1catch all game and against almost every quarterback in the league would have had a sack on a key third down. Telvin made some great stops too and we forced the Packers to punt more than they forced us to punt. We stopped them twice inside our own 10 which gave the offense great field position and we stopped them with plenty of time on the clock for the offense to go for the game winning drive.

 

I think people are being harsh on the defense just because we didn't get a bunch of sacks. We kept Rodgers under 200 yards, we didn't let the game get out of hand and gave the offense a chance to drive for the win. Olsen made a terrible call/Bortles made a terrible decision (I'm not sure which one decided to go for the screen) and that cost us in the end. 

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