that would be a major concern I know people don't like mazi but why would you put Phillips on IR if you thought he really wasn't hurt he's saying he's not hurt the Cowboys are saying in the game he received a look at his wrist and they believe his wrist was tweaked that doesn't mean he should be on IR however if you're gonna be short Mazi you should've let Phillips have at least one more game to redeem himself
it makes no sense to short yourself a player because he played horribly in game one, when now you don't have two of your nose tackles?
In this game our linebackers better be ready and I'm talking about maintaining your lanes doing your assignments don't overrun plays, and yes you need to go after the RPO ,and pick the right guy, but you can't over pursue...
you have to make sure you make your reads that your coordinator called the play because they're breaking down a lot of game from last week and there was a lot of motion and some of them linebackers and safeties didn't move to a spot where they were supposed to and that's where all these gaps came from this had nothing to do with mike zim....h play and many of them were at a position..
In my gut I think watching all the film this week this was a new defense and a bunch of new players trying to fit into a new scheme and go against that Saints team that knew what was coming because Kubiak knew Mike Zimmer and they just didn't make the adjustments and I believe that's easier to fix than just saying our players can't play I think they can play I think they just made a really lot of bad reads and didn't put themselves in position they were all off a step and it left wide open holes for the run game..
So I say it's fixable and we're gonna see a better game when we win I don't know but we will see a better game especially out of the linebackers and safeties they need to do their job especially when they're playing zone on knowing where they're supposed to be...