Defensive Freefall

[LadyT]

Originally Posted by railcon56@comcast.net

How dare you question coach Williams the genius he is... u need to confess your sins immediately

I haven't been to confession in years!

We did miss ST on Sunday, but wasn't he playing when we lost to the Giants 36-0? I wish I could say a healthy ST is the answer, but there are more things wrong with the "D" than simply ST's absence. We've been beaten on big plays many times this year.

Neither Harris nor P.P. has impressed me at all. They always seem to be getting beat on their assignments. Many times on Sunday the Bucs receivers were so wide open it was mind boggling.

I'll say it again, the loss of both Smoot and Pierce has really hurt us. Pierce more than Smoot, because he was the on-field brains of this defense.

On the very positive side, despite the first half turnovers, the offense really came to life against the league's best defense. They redeemed themselves after a shaky start and we should have won that game. It's hard to have to admit it, but the "D" has to take the lion's share of the blame for what happened on Sunday.