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Originally Posted by GTripp0012
I largely agree. We still cant get off the field w/o the benefit of a turnover. But I also know we had the same problem last year with a lot of the same personnel.
It's not because of scheme that we can't get off the field though. I can tell you that for certain. Our big plays against have dropped significantly as soon as we started playing a real defense. Our turnovers created are way up. Our sack production is consistent with last year.
Yards against per play is the only place things are worse than last year, and I showed in the Detroit/St. Louis direct comparison how even that number (at least vs. the rookie quarterback that YOU YOURSELF SAID WAS UNACCEPTABLE) was worse under the prior regime than the current one. It's got to get better to be a productive defense, but people asserting that the front seven scheme is a problem have proven to be full of it.
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This is the biggest problem, too many losers, not enough playmakers on our team. I believe a large part of our problems are lack of talent, and hold overs from a losing tradition. Now I don't believe that Haslett is a good DC by any stretch, but he doesn't have a very deeply talented roster to work with either.