Raheem Morris

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

As usual some people put way too much stock in coaching and stuff like play calling.

Talent wins you games in this league. We don't have enough of it in the secondary right now.

But we have more than enough talent in the front seven (present active-roster) to compensate for the secondary and still be at least a middle-of-the-pack defense i.e. our overall defensive talent is far better than bottom five or six in points/yards. Far better.

Our DBs are actually performing pretty damn well this season. Safety is an issue, but coaching is bigger than the injuries. One of the biggest adjustment failures Hazlett makes is to fail to change the game-plan for his back-ups. B Merriwether is a superior safety to M Williams. Williams lacks speed and some agility. So as d coordinator you force Williams to play further back, especially when it's end of the game and a TD spells the end. You don't let the opposing center snap the ball without checking Williams is 25+ yards off the LOS.

Hazlett called his 2nd best game of the season, but it was still average at best.