The real problem: A shoddy defense

[fanfromvirginia]

We are sitting here blaming the offense and Bledsoe for yesterdays debacle....but what did we expect with a defense as flawed as ours? Bledsoe did all he could behind a pathetic oline to keep us in the game but we couldn't stop Mcnabb and Hank Basket???

We have no pash rush without blitzing despite all of these so called studs we have in our front seven, and why Zimmer still has a job in this league is beyond my comprehension?

We traded away Shanle and Fujita and both were far better than the bust we took in the 1st round. We are starting a 5th round pick next to Roy Williams. We moved Ellis to linebacker and he was exposed big time in coverage yesterday.

Lets face the reality here...our front office needs to be held accountable sooner or later. We could have had merriman last year and manny the freak lawson this year but these bums blew it!

Not exactly the signature win you were demanding, huh SAS?

 

[Stautner]

Wait wasn't that Bledsoe's fault though? Because everything else is, especially him not being able to defend Hank Basket. :laugh1: :laugh2:

Guys that are full of nonsense (look in the mirror) take extreme positions - such as claiming that if someone says Bledsoe played poorly they are blaming EVERYTHING on Bledsoe.

Your logic doesn't hold up - and isn't logic at all. It's spouting BS in an effort to divert attention from your other illogical statements.

But just to clear things up - Bledsoe played like crap, but he wasn't all alone. He was just the most prominant one in the most prominant position - and the position in which we most need stability.

 

[blindzebra]

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20061008_DAL@PHI

Take special note of how Bledsoe's intentional grounding and fumble aided 10 Philly points.

Also how the defense scored a TD, and forced a punt between Bledsoe's INTs at the Eagle 33 and the INT and 102 yard return for a TD.

So let's do some math:

3 big plays = 21 Philly points - 7 points scored by defense = negative 14 on the defense.

Direct hand in 10 points scored + a possible 7 on the under thrown pass to TO that got picked + a 14 point swing on the INT at the end - a TD run = 24 negative points on Bledsoe.

 

[ZeroClub]

There were several players who had bad games.

If any one of those guys (esp. Bledsoe, Watkins, Adams) had played significantly better, the Cowboys could and would have won. There is plenty of blame to go around....

 

[AdamJT13]

We moved Ellis to linebacker and he was exposed big time in coverage yesterday.

The only time Ellis allowed a catch yesterday, he made the tackle for a 1-yard loss.