How good can D be?

[Playmaker3128]

that’s two weeks in a row we held two playoff teams from last year to under 20.

Obviously we go as Micah goes…. Guy single handidly made the bengals get rid of the ball quickly today…. But I like what we’ve done with barr… Fowler… dlaw… Sam Williams All contributing.

Secondary also is pretty good.

Have to defend the run better long term to be elite? Fair to say?

 

[MysteryIceGuro]

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. Defense still has some shaky points that need to be sorted out. In all honesty, we haven’t played teams that are definitive of success quite yet.

We played a self destructing bengals team that’s having a Super Bowl hangover. Their o-line sucks, and we all know that when you lose in the trenches, you lose the whole game. Their O-line is possibly the worst in the league. Of course our D-line “dominated”.


Last week, we played a stressed out Tom Brady with an injured team in the first week of the NFL season. It doesn’t really say much that we held him under 20 when the measly Saints did the same thing. Not really anything to ride home about.

If we keep holding teams under 20 in Week 10, then maybe I’ll come around. Until then, I’m not holding my breath and I suggest you don’t either.

 

[Pass2Run]

Top 3.

Elite level defense we have here.

If they can stop the run.

Big Bo was having a good game today. But we'll see if he keeps it up.

 

[jazzcat22]

They can be very good. But they still need to clean some things up.
The stupid penalties. Still give up too many big plays can still get gashed for some runs.
I know they can’t stop them all the time. Especially a good offense.

They do have a great core defense that can improve, and should as the season progresses.
They have some tough good offenses to play. So that will be a good test.

 

[Playmaker3128]

I’m saying though I’m watching around the nfl…. And I haven’t seen a ton of defenses stand out.

We did well against the bucs and bengals. Both In the playoffs last year.

granted we need to be better in some areas but still that’s impressive

 

[Pass2Run]

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. Defense still has some shaky points that need to be sorted out. In all honesty, we haven’t played teams that are definitive of success quite yet.

We played a self destructing bengals team that’s having a Super Bowl hangover. Their o-line sucks, and we all know that when you lose in the trenches, you lose the whole game. Their O-line is possibly the worst in the league. Of course our D-line “dominated”.


Last week, we played a stressed out Tom Brady with an injured team in the first week of the NFL season. It doesn’t really say much that we held him under 20 when the measly Saints did the same thing. Not really anything to ride home about.

If we keep holding teams under 20 in Week 10, then maybe I’ll come around. Until then, I’m not holding my breath and I suggest you don’t either.

On the flip side of this, the Bucs' defense held the Saints to 10 points.

So they didn't do much better than Dak's performance.

Pretty sure Bucs are the best defense in the league right now.

They lost Jones, but they're still a legit team.