I hate to rain on everyone's parade

[aikemirv]

I know what your saying but I think you're preaching to the choir. I'm willing to bet, from reading the posts on this forum, that 90% of the posters here feel that the defense still needs a lot of improvement. We did see some after week 1 but it needs to continue. Do you really think you are the only one that sees that?

Exactly, and if you can't enjoy each win, and think of the possibilities, then whats the use being a fan?

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

No one's defense is absolutely strong right now... As the season goes I expect Dallas defense to shape up!

 

[playmakers]

Chambers appeared wide open because Hamlin was playing the ball. If the ball was on the money, he would have levelled Chambers and probably caused the incompletion.

The CB's were playing off in the beginning of the game, but tightened it up later. The first interception by Henry was due to tight coverage.

No offense, but the panic over the defense is a little premature. The players are still learning the defense and we still have some players banged up. The defense still improved drastically from the Giants game.

I am more than willing to give the D time. I know the cb's were playing off but it was getting annoying that the Dolphins would run the same pass play for almost 3 quarters and never make an adjustment until the 4th. In addition, I thought Wade was going to blitz on every other down, I didnt see more than 3-4 blitzes the entire game. We pretty much played a base.

I dont know how many of you guys watched SD last year and this season (there still playing the same defense) but I see some similarties. They play their dbs off about 10 yards about 60 percent of the time. I really think its a main stay of the defense philosphy. The other thing I noticed Wade likes to stunt everyone to the middle of the OLine and push the line back. I watched them(SD) do that last season against the Bills and on almost every play their front four pushed their line back into the Qb and they got a sack. Everytime we did that for the first two weeks it has been a standstill between the OLine and our dline. In closing Im concerned but I am willing to give it some time. Im just scared to death whats going to happen when we play a powerful offense like the Patriots. But, like I said Ill give Wade some time to adjust to his players.

 

[Bach]

I don't think anyone's penciled us in to the Super Bowl yet. It is nice being 2-0, but I'm aware of who we've played so far and what we have coming up.

 

[zeromaster]

How can you say Palmer did not pick apart the Browns he threw for 401 yards and 6 tds. What else can you ask from the guy.

Cincy lost. In the end the 400 yards didn't get it done, did it?

These fantasy stats are great, but in 6 months or a year, who outside of the hometown fans is going to care?

Wins, it's about wins.

 

[JerryFan]

I am more than willing to give the D time. I know the cb's were playing off but it was getting annoying that the Dolphins would run the same pass play for almost 3 quarters and never make an adjustment until the 4th. In addition, I thought Wade was going to blitz on every other down, I didnt see more than 3-4 blitzes the entire game. We pretty much played a base.

I dont know how many of you guys watched SD last year and this season (there still playing the same defense) but I see some similarties. They play their dbs off about 10 yards about 60 percent of the time. I really think its a main stay of the defense philosphy. The other thing I noticed Wade likes to stunt everyone to the middle of the OLine and push the line back. I watched them(SD) do that last season against the Bills and on almost every play their front four pushed their line back into the Qb and they got a sack. Everytime we did that for the first two weeks it has been a standstill between the OLine and our dline. In closing Im concerned but I am willing to give it some time. Im just scared to death whats going to happen when we play a powerful offense like the Patriots. But, like I said Ill give Wade some time to adjust to his players.

I'd venture to guess Jamal Williams plays a big part of that SD middle pushing the lineman into the QB.

 

[Clove]

We're good enough to be 2-0. Our defense hasn't been top notch, but I think we will get there.

Now if you want to play what ifs, what if TO hadn't dropped 3 passes. What if Ratliffe hadn't been held on that one TD. What if Crayton hadn't muffed that punt, he had a wide open field.

What if my aunt had balls......then he'd be my uncle.

None of those things happened, so let's enjoy the win, and look forward to improvements and a great season.

I like the "what if game" also.

1.We score on the first drive if TO catches the slant.
2.We score on two of those drives that we didn't score on, if we didn't get a ton of offensive penalties.
3.What if Henry had not dropped that interception that went straight thru his hands, there would be no 2nd TD for Miami, score would be 37 - 13
4. What if Hamlin catches the interception that bounced off both of his hands and right into the receivers hands for the touch down?
5. What if Newman had played?
6. What if Barber had started?
7. What if Terry Glenn had played?
8. What if Ellis had played?
9. What if the Herschel Walker trade had never happened?
10. What if Danny White could've won all 3 of those NFC championship games?

What if I had Jerry Jones' wallet?