suppaball
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about the run D. We got torched by Gore and Peterson. The best and one of the best in the league. SF and Minnyhotta also have pretty good Olines. we will be fine.
suppaball":16ctu73n said:about the run D. We got torched by Gore and Peterson. The best and one of the best in the league. SF and Minnyhotta also have pretty good Olines. we will be fine.
Tech Worlds":c84l1rwz said:You should be worried. The way the run defense has turned south is very worrisome.
Our defense is not top ten right now.
Suggest that you look up the stats.Tech Worlds":2rrwekvr said:You should be worried. The way the run defense has turned south is very worrisome.
Our defense is not top ten right now.
I'm worried.... mostly because I agree completely with you.MontanaHawk05":3o38dl6i said:Context matters. I'm gonna keep saying this, SF and MIN are two of the hardest running teams in the league to stop, and NE and DET are two of the hardest passing teams to stop. It's not embarrassing to give up yards to them. The formula there is to play hard, look for key plays, keep the other offense off the field (one of my biggest issues vs. DET was that Lynch carried only 12 times), and in the meantime keep up with your own offense. We beat New England and Minnesota in this way. We almost beat Detroit with this way. Injuries have been part of the problem. I'm content.
There are problems, yes, but not fundamental ones demanding firings and draft picks.
Quit making excusesvolsunghawk":1hzhuavw said:Tech Worlds":1hzhuavw said:You should be worried. The way the run defense has turned south is very worrisome.
Our defense is not top ten right now.
It's funny. When we face top-flight rushing teams, our run D suffers. When we face top-flight passing teams, our pass D suffers.
Last week, we only allowed 84 yards rushing. All anyone wanted to talk about was how our D let us down and Stafford lit us up.
The week before, we only allowed 138 yards passing, but Gore broke off some big runs. So obviously, it was our run D that was garbage.
The fact is that those top-flight run and pass offenses don't get that way just by facing a bunch of bad defenses. They are designed that way and operate that way, and they are a challenge to stop. Failing to stop them doesn't suddenly mean our D is bad. It does, I would argue, mean our D isn't quite at the elite level many folks thought. It is still top 10, though, by just about any measure.
Our LB corps is still very young and inexperienced, and I think most of our recent struggles can be traced to that fact - at least to some degree.
onanygivensunday":1hcp09hj said:Suggest that you look up the stats.Tech Worlds":1hcp09hj said:You should be worried. The way the run defense has turned south is very worrisome.
Our defense is not top ten right now.
In yards allowed per game, the Hawks are #4.
In points allowed per game, they are tied for #3.
In passing yards allowed per game, they are #7.
In only rushing yards per game they are out of the top 10... currently at #11.
Link... http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/ ... on/defense