Bigger disappointment?

[MTK]

vote and discuss

[12thMan]

where's the poll Just kidding Matty.

[BMF21]

if they cant stop........ol ass Brad Johnson, when Vick get to town..........it's going to be pitful

[skinsguy]

Defense looked like swish cheese. The offense has big play potential, but is going to have to improve in the Red Zone. Still - this defense, regardless of injuries, should be playing better as a unit.

[atbrightwell]

For once the offense looked better than the defense, what is Greg Williams doing? Is he mental? All their run plays were through the left behind Hutchinson. Is it that hard to figure out?

[12thMan]

I thought Carlos Rogers in particular had a bad game defending the pass. His run defense was good, however.

[LongTimeSkinsFan]

Defense was horrid. NO pressure on Brad "my knees retired last year" Johnson combined with BS penalties. The "hitting with the crown of the helmet" call was a piece of work. Notice that it was the same head ref that was involved in the spitting incident last year? Taylor should've known he was going to be a target.

[MTK]

Clearly the defense was the bigger letdown to me tonight.

At this point in the season you have to expect the offense to be a little behind, especially with a new system in place.

Granted the defense was missing Springs, but they gave up way too many 3rd down conversions.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I thought Carlos Rogers in particular had a bad game defending the pass. His run defense was good, however.

Can he turn around and play the ball for once?

He had good position on the TD if he would have just turned around.

[skinsguy]

The most frustrating thing for us is when we get our defense going strong, we have problems with the offense. Now it seems like we have possibly big time potiential with the offense, now the defense wants to let us down. I know this team is going to get hyped for the Dallas game, but I'm very concerned this defense isn't going to have the same success as they did last year and the year before that.

[vaoutlaws2006]

the disappointment for me was that shawn springs wasnt in the game. without springs the defensive scheme was very limited. When you have two has beens or been NEVER beens (wright and rumph) and one potential corner against a very experienced qb you will get these results. We cant dwell on this loss. Its dallas week now. Learn from mistakes and regroup. Oh and by the way can someone say missed opportunities in the red zone. Some of the play calling when we were in the redzone was a little suspect. Hey and where was cooley?

[skinsfanthru&thru]

defense for the fact that it was expected to help pick up the slack until the offense completely came together. the blitz packages only worked a couple times in the Skins favor, but most of the time left the defense wide open to be picked apart on third down conversions. Rogers needs to learn to actually turn around and play the ball. The offense was very hit or miss, but the encouraging part about the offense was that there were a few times when players like Moss, Portis, and ARE were just an ankle tackle away from busting long plays.

and I don't like to complain too much about the refs but when they made that bs PF foul call on Taylor, the same call should have been made on the viking player who gave a forearm to the back of Lloyd's helmet after the ball was gone on the final drive.

[NYCSkin]

Defense for sure. No pash rush. Poor secondary play. Rogers has to make that leap this year. I am not upset at Rumph or Wright but Rogers has to start playing like a top 10 pick at this point in his career.

[Schneed10]

We lost this game in the trenches. On both sides of the ball, really. But more so on defense. Griffin and Salave'a were dominated by Hutchinson and Birk. We didn't hear our DTs' names called all night long.

Not enough people gave enough credit to the Vikings going into this game. That line is fierce. Griffin and Salave'a couldn't hold up at the point of attack. In the beginning of the game the LBs were filling well enough to make up for it and keep Chester Taylor mostly in check. But as the game wore on, we got tired and got pounded as the Vikes marched down and made it 19-16.

Coverage was a pretty big problem too. We got lucky that Troy Williamson didn't burn us for 150 receiving yards. He dropped a lot of balls where he was wide open.

[Bozzy]

I just got back from the bar.... it was a good game... not lopsided or anything but the defense shouldn't have given up those two TDs...I'm pretty drunk so what do I know...lol