09-21-2022, 02:57 PM | #151 |
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Re: Lions postgame
Keep in mind that "top 5" D from 2 years ago got fat on several bottom of the barrel backup QBs. When faced with some real competition they got shredded, like the TB playoff game.
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09-21-2022, 03:22 PM | #152 | |
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They started slow last year too, but in the second half of the season they only allowed an average of about 16 points per game against T Brady, C Newton, D Carr, J Hurts, T Bridgewater, R Wilson, and D Jones... The team was not too good from week 14-16, but they had a lot of issues going on during that stretch. |
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09-21-2022, 03:27 PM | #153 |
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All fair points, Matty, but I think we can all agree that they were a moonshot better than what we've seen so far this season. Unless Jax and Det are actually good enough to make deep playoff runs (not sold on that yet), our D cannot be said to have held up all that well. Giving up 58 points in two games is not a good sign.
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09-21-2022, 03:34 PM | #155 |
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Honestly, they just have to eliminate the big plays and they'll be fine.
Detroit ran 61 plays for 425 yards. They gained 260 yards on 7 of those 61 plays. That means that they only gained 165 yards over the remaining 54 plays. |
09-21-2022, 03:43 PM | #156 |
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Good gravy -- that's absurd. I had read that we've given up more 20+ and 40+ yard plays than anyone else this season, but those numbers are insane. So on 7 plays they averaged 37 years per play, and on the remaining 54 plays, they averaged 3 yards per play. Yikes.
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How our defense communicates under JDR:
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09-21-2022, 04:28 PM | #158 |
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Higher tech than I thought -- I was thinking smoke signals or passenger pigeons.
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Tired of hearing this BS about communication. If you're 3 years into your program and communication is still an issue, you either have the wrong players or you're the wrong coach. Either way, fix it already.
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Smoke signals left when the name changed.
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Spot friggin' on. Inexcusable.
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Honestly it is both. Wrong coaches. Wrong players. Not sure it is fixable. Only way this team is ever fixed is if we hire some young unknown who turns out to be a great OC/DC and we make him a HC. Because no established anyone is coming to play for Snyder. Either that or we start drafting and working FA so well that our personnel overshadows our Coaching woes. Last thing I remember we had a ton of cap space and some good young pieces and somehow we got worse. It is a huge fail. |
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Totally agree. Should never be an issue for a professional team, yet alone one with this many consistent years. Pretty alarming really and needs to be fixed asap.
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09-21-2022, 05:46 PM | #164 |
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I can't get on board with the idea that the sky is falling yet. Perhaps it is, but it's really too early to tell. It's been two games against two pretty good teams.
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