NEP4Life

More than three years of "rebuilding" the defense and no significant progress has been made.

Is it time to bring in an experienced defensive co-ordinator, as Dom Capers was brought in previously, to take over the defensive schemes and personnel?

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karguy85

Yes, but I feel like it has more to do with personnel than anything. We don't have the personnel in the secondary or DLine to stop a decent offense.

TriplecHamp

no, Ive seen enough to say that for the most part the schemes are fine IMO. The problem is the talent. Not enough speed, or playmaking ability in this secondary to become a great defense. How many times do you hear "that was just a great play by (insert any New England defender here)? McCourty made plays last season but this year it just hasn't clicked. Its hard to scheme around sub par players like Sergio Brown, Gary Guyton, Adams, Ihedigbo, etc. There isn't one defender Id trust in a 1 on 1 situation to be better than the other guy. The situation just sucks right now because there will be no help, we have to just see if we can win with it this year or its another year of Brady's career to waste.

mgteich

The issue is talent at coverage LB, nickel back and at free safety.

mgteich

The defensive line stopped a decent offense today.

coolguy

until the 4th quarter.


This is the teebow discussion in reverse

fair catch fryar

I'm in the stage of denial...tralala

TriplecHamp

Kyle Arrington/Adams are not number 2 corners at all. Arrington looked like a joke on that TD catch. Don't get me wrong, I think a change within the coaching staff wouldn't hurt but personal is definitely a problem across the board.

ROHAN KLEMM

In my opinion, due to bad drafts and personnel decisions our overall roster, especially on d is now below nfl average. The dline is big and strong but slow and unathletic. We downgrade out defensive backfield at almost every position. The pats personnel on d is inferior. Speed and quickness is lacking. I thought the 2011 draft broke just right for the pats and was an opportunity to address many needs and we blew it, unfortunately we don't get a do-over. We still are weak at wr / dline / olb / rb and now can add db / safety to the mix. We can't continue to draft player high at cut them loose in 1-3 years. Is cunningham next, what about vereen. Let's take a look at ridley, a running back has a short carreer. The patriots need to revaluate their personnel decisions. Give me cincy's defensive roster or pittsburgh's wideouts. I would rather have a personnel guru over a defensive coordinator and please get brady a wideout who can get down the field. I would take someone like daren hagan over what we have now. Can our backs catch passes anymore.

andrewgarrr

I thought today's loss was on the offense.

That being said, the defense needs better players, not a new scheme.

Tracy White, James Ihedigbo, Josh Barrett, Sergio Brown, and Gary Guyton, should not be on the field at critical situations in the game. I understand there are injuries, but the lack of depth on this team is surprisingly bad.

People do not like questioning BB, but maybe people have to start questioning his personnel decisions.