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Coaching staff must be willing to move on from Britt at C if his performance is subpar much sooner than they did with Nowak last year.
FlyingGreg":39v2u53e said:chris98251":39v2u53e said:To predictable and not creative has us as the top 5 defenses yet that's not good enough, you after really remember the handicapped secondary last year with Williams and Kam out early on, that limits your creativity yet we still were in the top in many categories, not having to deal with the hold out and Williams along with fatigue and hangover I think we would have been fine.
Only way some people will be happy is a turnover every possession and a TD return I guess. At least you wouldn't need to see bad clock management and Britt then.
We played some really second-rate offenses. That helped.
That defense got slapped by the Panthers.
That defense got slapped?The offense had no part in TO's on our side of field including a pick 6?What did our D do in 2nd half?It was our offense using a rusty Beast and no spread with silly TO's that killed usFlyingGreg":3f75lpz6 said:chris98251":3f75lpz6 said:To predictable and not creative has us as the top 5 defenses yet that's not good enough, you after really remember the handicapped secondary last year with Williams and Kam out early on, that limits your creativity yet we still were in the top in many categories, not having to deal with the hold out and Williams along with fatigue and hangover I think we would have been fine.
Only way some people will be happy is a turnover every possession and a TD return I guess. At least you wouldn't need to see bad clock management and Britt then.
We played some really second-rate offenses. That helped.
That defense got slapped by the Panthers.
I am not sure why stating we need to be better against TEs and have a killer instinct would make anyone get butt hurt. Our D needs to evolve. Simple.
Some people are happy with stats and rankings I guess.
IndyHawk":ukmais5y said:That defense got slapped?The offense had no part in TO's on our side of field including a pick 6?What did our D do in 2nd half?It was our offense using a rusty Beast and no spread with silly TO's that killed usFlyingGreg":ukmais5y said:chris98251":ukmais5y said:To predictable and not creative has us as the top 5 defenses yet that's not good enough, you after really remember the handicapped secondary last year with Williams and Kam out early on, that limits your creativity yet we still were in the top in many categories, not having to deal with the hold out and Williams along with fatigue and hangover I think we would have been fine.Only way some people will be happy is a turnover every possession and a TD return I guess. At least you wouldn't need to see bad clock management and Britt then.
We played some really second-rate offenses. That helped.
That defense got slapped by the Panthers.
I am not sure why stating we need to be better against TEs and have a killer instinct would make anyone get butt hurt. Our D needs to evolve. Simple.
Some people are happy with stats and rankings I guess.
I don't think that the implication of this thread is to lie it all on the defense as much as it is to simply discuss areas that could use improvement on both the D and the O. In either case you take away the 4th qtr collapses and we win 13-14 games and have home field advantage through the playoffs. What I saw was an O that played too vanilla protecting the ball and a D seemingly confused at times. Is that far off the mark?
MontanaHawk05":1ieqlzei said:FlyingGreg":1ieqlzei said:chris98251":1ieqlzei said:To predictable and not creative has us as the top 5 defenses yet that's not good enough, you after really remember the handicapped secondary last year with Williams and Kam out early on, that limits your creativity yet we still were in the top in many categories, not having to deal with the hold out and Williams along with fatigue and hangover I think we would have been fine.
Only way some people will be happy is a turnover every possession and a TD return I guess. At least you wouldn't need to see bad clock management and Britt then.
We played some really second-rate offenses. That helped.
That defense got slapped by the Panthers.
They were also in a crummy position because of Russell Wilson's turnovers.
It's still taboo to talk about it here, but Russell Wilson really does not perform all that well in the postseason. Until the fourth quarter.
Tical21":3ui34r5y said:Run when everyone in the stadium knows we're going to run[/b]. A big part of the reasons we lost some leads late where we wouldn't have done so in the past is because we weren't able to run effectively on 1st and 2nd downs against stacked boxes. We need to find a way to get 3-4 yards when the other team knows for certain that we are going to run. That's how you put games away. That's how you have those 8-minute drives to start the 4th quarter that suck the life out of the other team. If you want to be the best running team in the league, this is where you earn it, not on read-option plays on 2nd and 10.
King Dog":1tpyp2x8 said:
HawkGA":2eelwpnw said:King Dog":2eelwpnw said:
Just for the record, there was nothing dirty about Browner's play. When the QB is out of the pocket, WRs can be hit. Since Rodgers is so good at finding receivers when we is on the move, the strategy was to knock them on their asses once Rodgers left the pocket. Reminds me of what I used to do when I played video game football. But it was totally within the rules and a good strategy.
I think you're forgetting that KJ Wright is considered one of the very best zone cover LB's in the league.NINEster":k09k158m said:A thought on covering TEs....
Is it possible that the Carroll scheme overcompensates to shut down WRs and maybe TEs benefit from it?
I know it's hard to fathom that there's any sort of chink in the armor with the Seahawk defense, but it's impossible to shut everything down all the time. You'll need '85 Bears level talent to do so, and modern NFL free agency & salary cap won't allow that unless you luck out drafting all of those guys.
Don't forget that out of your starting 11, you've only got special players at FS/SS/LCB/MLB who are going to contribute in any way to pass coverage. Bennett & Avril getting to the QB affects the pass coverage equally unless TEs get open faster than WRs. Maybe Browner returning helps.
I can't speak to the rest of your DBs but the outsider perception is that they are good but not great.
I think you guys need another top shelf LB like Carolina has and what the 49ers used to have. That way you can go 1 on 1 without pulling Robert out of run stopping/general MLB duty.