[IrMitchell]

Horrible horrible horrible, absolutely down right horrible.

Haslett didn't adjust anything! I swear to god that 75% of Bradford's completions were short slants after a quick three step drop. What does this mean? You adjust your defense to act quickly, whether it be playing more zone/man or just not blitzing your linebackers with confidence. We all saw that when our corners were too fast for these slants, we forced Bradford to throw it deeper which resulted in the majority of his incompletions. Why does Haslett all of a sudden act like blitzing a middle linebacker instead of putting him into coverage is some hidden tactic that only he knows?

As for Kyle Shanahan, I was much less worried. Our offense couldn't complete the 3rd downs, but that comes with having confidence in your defense. Portis is done and falls down after a big gain because he's so used to getting tackled. Heyer is useless and should be a RT in the UFL, Jammal Brown is overrated and in his defense could still be recovering, but I noticed that over time he started to assume that McNabb would step up each play, which is the wrong thing to do.

Orakpo needs Haynesworth, Kemo is about as useless as Roydell Williams and Kareem Moore isn't a strong safety (As in he shouldn't play like one). Landry still played very very well, but it's a shame he can't cover a quick slant.

I'm sorry for this cluster**** of a post, but this defense is just so bad! I have faith in everyone of these players, but not until Haslett gets the boot. These first three games were critical in establishing our new identity and we just put a knife into our season.

4-12 is a realistic thing at this point, but on the bright side we might be able to draft a guy like Mark Ingram who at least could make up for our horrible depth.