Still think the defense is going to be better

Fla Cowpoke

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If we start the season with Selvie, McClain, Melton and Crawford healthy, get Spencer back in the lineup by week 3, Lawrence back by game 4 and the rest of the young kids stay healthy, then yes, the defense can be better.

If McClain pans out at LB, then the defense can be better.

We cannot afford another loss in the secondary. Carr, Claiborne, Wilcox and Church have to be on the field.

If all of these things happen, then I think we will have a better defense. For each failure of any of the above to happen, the chances get exponentially worse.
 

GimmeTheBall!

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That the Defense is going to be better "because it has to be?" :confused:



I always hated that saying...because anything can get worse!

Let's be positive for a chang.
We will half many more moral victories this year.
 

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Can you say Top 10 pick in the 2015 draft?

Sure....watch..."Top 10 pick in the 2015 draft". See?

Just because someone can say something, does not mean it will happen. I can say Superbowl, too! Can you say that?
 

Alexander

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This is still a vastly deeper group of defensive linemen than those hobos we ran out last December.

Looks very similar to me honestly. Melton = Hatcher. Selvie = Selvie. The rest of it all = what we had in here en masse.

I just want to know why Ben Bass has not exerted his dominance yet .

Perhaps he is saving up.
 

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So you are happy because you were right before because now it appears that we are not going to be good on defense. Interesting coping mechanism. Turn a negative into a positive. Human behavior is interesting i guess.
 

morasp

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If we start the season with Selvie, McClain, Melton and Crawford healthy, get Spencer back in the lineup by week 3, Lawrence back by game 4 and the rest of the young kids stay healthy, then yes, the defense can be better.

If McClain pans out at LB, then the defense can be better.

We cannot afford another loss in the secondary. Carr, Claiborne, Wilcox and Church have to be on the field.

If all of these things happen, then I think we will have a better defense. For each failure of any of the above to happen, the chances get exponentially worse.

And Scandrick isn't out for the season just the first four non divisional games.
Wilcox will be better then Heath.
McClain should be better then Hayden.
Lawrence should be able to equal or better Ware with only one good arm and leg.
All of the same guys from last year should benefit from another year in the scheme.
 

ragman

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If they can't stop the run better than they did against SD, this is going to be a LONG season.
 

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If they can't stop the run better than they did against SD, this is going to be a LONG season.


If they can make the other team punt at least one time...it will be a better team.
 

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I don't know a lot will depend on overall team play. Offense as well. Last years unit played poorly but did create turnovers something Marinelli defense seem to have a knack of doing because he teaches it, works on it and constantly stays on players about stripping the ball and going after the ball. As for this group I think many things are up in the air in terms of who starts. I think Melton will start outside of that I think there will be some battles for jobs alone the DL and LB. Does Durant get the job or does McClain show himself as the real deal and the reason he was selected 8th overall? As I said I don't expect top 10 I do expect better than last season, not because it can't get worse but because I think these guys are better than a bunch of street FA who were being signed off the couch in the middle of the season.

did the defense really create that many turnovers? Remember we played Eli twice
 

AsthmaField

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So you are happy because you were right before because now it appears that we are not going to be good on defense. Interesting coping mechanism. Turn a negative into a positive. Human behavior is interesting i guess.

Yeah, like an undiscovered slime mold is interesting...
 

wileedog

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So you are happy because you were right before because now it appears that we are not going to be good on defense. Interesting coping mechanism. Turn a negative into a positive. Human behavior is interesting i guess.

Well, when you have tried hoping for the best for 20 years only to have an alcoholic, narcissistic billionaire pee in your Cheerios year after year, one must learn to adjust.
 
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