Quote:It's that as well as scheme. Trust me. I am not one to jump on coaches. I have beat the drum for Gus. But what I'm seeing is inexcusable. A big end should not be rushing the qb on 3rd and 7. We play no type of bump and run consistently even though we specifically go after long, tall corner because they do that well.


I could keep going on the the schematic deficiencies I'm seeing. Now for the record I'm no NFL coach but if I can see these thing I know paid professionals can. There are simple things we can do that would make our defense at least middle of the pack and that isn't happening.

 

It probably is everything. My earlier point was just that, it is extremely difficult to change everything midseason, even if none it has been working before. I mean this is scheme some of these guys have been learning for a few years, one of the late TD's was still because Gratz was stupid and played man instead staying in the flat for the zone coverage that everyone else was playing. If players are still making mistakes like that with a scheme that they have been learning all offseason, how many mistakes do you think they will make changing schemes mid season. And he was not the only one making those mistakes. 

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