Well this defense is strange because it's hard to tell which week are they gonna be defending the pass or the run because they can't do both they haven't done both in the same game other teams didn't challenge the run early in the year but they definitely challenged it surprisingly enough last sunday with the jets and just literally ate our lunch.
However what would you want I think the Ben don't break requires letting them be more like Dan Quinn's defense more aggressive up front challenge the pass so no easy fast scores and let them run but try to force them into a long drive that can lead to penalties and possible turnovers or a punt if anything only give up three.
Until they learn the balance and try to defend both I think that was their plan last week is to not ignore the run but try to focus more on fixing that quick strike fast scoring philosophies that teams were coming in doing against us..
But back to the linebackers I think that's the problem when they started doing all those twists and stunts and blitzes once again like Dan Quinn's defense it left holes that they ran the ball more through them and I'm not sure if they didn't expect the run so they were thinking pass and got gashed but I believe these linebackers were all out of alignment.
Not sure who to believe but they say Sanborn would be the better guy on the field at middle linebacker when it's obviously downhill running that you need to stop but he's terrible defending the run in space and in coverage they're in a catch 22 I mean who do you put on the field if you can't no 100% what they're about to run just because it's first down anymore that does not indicate a run in this day and age of football...
But I picked Liafu and James both young both are going to be big time learning curves and growth so we're going to have to deal with the mistakes but I'd rather have aggressive young players that are going full speed and they'll learn on the fly.
Obviously you got to substitute in Sanborn and or Murray at times depending on what you think they're gonna run but mostly in obvious rundowns you know not have them out there on second or third and long..
Touch a Mess does I don't even know how to describe it but each week they keep changing but I prefer I think what they what they did with the Jets that's a lot closer to what Dan Quinn does and sometimes it leaves you open because those linebackers may have looked bad last week but it may have been the worst our interior D line played against the run I think they were out of place sometimes I thought I swore I saw 3 down lineman and there were gaps all over like they widened the stances out almost like a wide 9 and left hold all over but they got to the quarterback...
hmmm....
but yeah we need overshown like five weeks ago.lol Should help stabilize this but I don't know if it fixes it but again I'm picking the two young players and let them learn and again this is also shocking I want to go with lastly we're supposed to have a linebacker centric like a linebacker whisperer as a defensive coordinator and why is this one of the worst spots on the entire defense??
