Our main problem is coaching and our team isn't structured the same way as last year. Blowing up the secondary was a bad move. Jordan Lewis has been fantastic, but having Heath and Byron Jones as our primary safeties and making Brown over the other teams' best receivers is getting us lit up against decent offenses. Our formula last year was to limit teams to under 30 points, because that is what the offense averaged. We put up 30 today, but we're losing because the defense is getting blown up. You can't win with that slow, steady, grind it out offense if the defense is getting lit up and special teams is playing like utter garbage. We're simply going to have to become a more explosive offense and ask Dak to take more risks if we're to have any chance, because it's clear as day that our defense beats up on the average and below offenses, but gets tore up against high octane offenses. We're going to have to find a way to put up more than 30 a game.
The real problem with this team is that it is a very comfortable environment and we have a culture of accepting losing. Do you think switzer would have been right on the field after a huge momentum shifter if he were on the patriots? Would Tyrone Crawford still be on the field if he didn't grab a fumble right next to him? Is Bill Bellichik going to walk off the field with a smile after losing the game? If you can smile after losing a game as a head coach, you are entirely too comfortable in your position. There's no real pressure for anyone to perform. The young guys have that competitive spirit after coming from winning programs, but the longer they stay in this organization, the more nonchalant they get, ala Dez jogging on that route where the ball went right to him. Winning organizations aren't particularly comfortable places where you can smile and relax after losing.
