The Defense was offensive thread

[reddyuta]

I dont know how much we can improve honestly if we dont spend like Giants in FA and that is not how Stephen Jones works.It will be another middling D ,we need to draft superstars like last year on D to beat good Qbs .

 

[CyberB0b]

No it's not sad. The guy played a good game. He's a special teams guy and he showed up. He and Wilcox should of started.

Yeah, he was great. When your special teams guy is the MVP of your defense, you have a huge problem.

 

[TheCount]

I said it early in the game, the soft coverage we were playing was the wrong move and they carved us up.

Once the DB's started playing tight, their offense slowed to a crawl.

I know the coaches want us to be a zone team really badly, but we play better in tight man coverage.

 

[reddyuta]

Same old sad story we've been dealing with every time we make the playoffs, the defense can't make critical stops. We did enough offensively to win today but we couldn't stop the Packers when the game was on the line.

that is it,we can moan about Garrett but remember how bad this D was starting the game.Byron Jones has regressed,Mo is probably out.our RDE has to come from the draft but we cant cover TEs this whole season.

 

[Alweezy]

Of course but Rodgers mobility just makes it a lot worse of a matchup.

We were scared to death to blitz him for 2 quarters.

This game would have been our exposure game had we survived. Atlanta would have dropped the same result on us if not more efficiently.

Sometimes you just have to tip your hat. It was a heartbreaking loss, but the team got as far as the talent could take it. We need to improve on that side of the ball if we ever want to make some real noise.

 

[reddyuta]

I said it early in the game, the soft coverage we were playing was the wrong move and they carved us up.

Once the DB's started playing tight, their offense slowed to a crawl.

I know the coaches want us to be a zone team really badly, but we play better in tight man coverage.

it worked earlier in the season but our slow start doomed us you need a D that can make plays and we dont have that.

 

[jwitten82]

This defense is SOFT, they were times Rodgers ran for the first and instead of sliding he ran right past them, and they laid weak arm tackles on him

 

[KJJ]

We need to put a lot of resources into the defense during the offseason because regardless how good our offense is, we're never going to get far in the playoffs if we don't get better defensively.

 

[Proof]

Lol. They looked bad early but stepped it up and did all they could. They got sacks, a pick (nearly 2) on the best qb in the game playing as good as he probably ever had, and got beat with an incredible nearly impossible play. Definitely need help, but I'm not beating them up.

I don't know how in the he'll ARod held on to the ball on that Heath sack

 

[thisiscowboyscountry]

Most of the Packers big plays came on major holds from the ol. The refs really let them play in this one protecting Rodgers. The most painful one had to be on the Packers last pass when the OL grab Crawford from behind around the neck.... The defense definitely played poor, but when pass rush is your weakness you cant overxome holds...

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Agreed about our defense.

But didn't Aaron Rodgers also carve up a Giants defense the media was slobbering all over going into the playoffs too?

 

[canters]

How many game changer defensive players are there when we draft, at what, 26 or 27?

 

[MonsterD]

How many game changer defensive players are there when we draft, at what, 26 or 27?

Elite pass rushers are hard to come by at 28. They are one group that is very nearly always found top 10.

 

[Dwight]

We need pass rushers in the worst way.

A talented WR with good speed is needed.

A Right Tackle is needed badly.

Nothing against Witten (had a good game) but a TE who can catch (YAC) and block is needed.

Jason and Scott need to improve on clock management

And our Safety Jones needs to improve. That is one of the reasons why I don't like drafting DBs in the first round unless they are like Deion Sanders, Earl Thomas or Sean Taylor (RIP).

Continue to build the front seven.

 

[ilykdrama]

This off-season needs to be dedicated to getting players to help this defense.

At this point would be happy if we didn't draft another offensive player for 3 drafts. Defense has been embarrassing in big games for a decade.

 

[reddyuta]

I know we are drafting DEs early in the draft but we need immediate impact at RDE.Melvin ingram ,chandler jones and JPP are FAs.Jerry needs to make a play on one of those guys.

 

[Chuck 54]

First, we should never go into a season with only 4 CBs and a ton of safeties. A team like GB that can run out 5 WRs or two TEs and 3 WRs, and those TEs cannot be covered by your best LB, you are in trouble with your CBs because the safeties are also tied up and cannot provide support. However.....

Our defense was abused early just as the Giants, who are supposedly a great defense, were abused in the second half by Rodgers. Marinelli and the defense had a nice second half. 3 TDs early first half, only one rest of game. The defense made enough stops to allow our offense, which was terrible in the first 3 quarters (13 points), to make a great comeback.

Two mistakes on the 3rd and 20....let Rodgers get outside of the pocket on designed play they always run to buy time, and Jones gave up on the play and didn't get back to Cook.

On the other hand, Rodgers made a perfect pass and the TE acted like he was Deshaun Jackson. On top of that, Crosby made his last two FGs with barely a foot of room inside the upright. Sickening.

 

[SlwSVT]

We need a talent infusion on the defensive side of the ball in this next draft. Coaching can only do some much. They are very limited on talent. Although the bone headed play of stopping and continuing to run to the sideline by our former 1st round pick Jones was pretty poor.

 

[Philmonroe]

Lol. They looked bad early but stepped it up and did all they could. They got sacks, a pick (nearly 2) on the best qb in the game playing as good as he probably ever had, and got beat with an incredible nearly impossible play. Definitely need help, but I'm not beating them up.

I don't know how in the he'll ARod held on to the ball on that Heath sack

Heath should've went for the strip instead of the sack. It usually comes out but I think if you punch it out when a person is unsuspecting its more likely to come out. Its similar to that Carson Wentz play against the Eagles

 

[unionjack8]

In the regular season, the defense faced passers with ratings that ranked them like this going into each game:

Manning --
Cousins 27th
Hoyer --
Gabbert 30th
Dalton 13th
Rodgers 17th
Wentz 16th
Kessler 14th
Roethlisberger 17th
Flacco 29th
Cousins 10th
Bradford 10th
Manning 22nd
Winston 20th
Stafford 11th
Wentz 25th

None was higher than 10th going into that game. Rodgers finished the season ranked 4th.

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