Redskins Lions postgame

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Yes, the defense is historically bad to this point. Just atrocious.

But aren't most of our defensive problems fixable? For example, if we eliminated yards gained after missed tackles, our defense would not be all that bad.

What concerns me the most is it always seems to be your basic mechanics of tackling which should be second nature when you enter the NFL. The tackling is horrid. If it was one of those deals where the defense covered well but the receiver made dramatic catches anyway, or the running back just made some awesome Matrix move that got them out of an, otherwise, solid tackle, then I'd just say that the defense has been unlucky. But, besides for guys like Ryan Kerrigan, it has been scary how poor the mechanics have been with these guys on defense. It is like they have forgotten everything they learned in pee wee football.