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Coach is to be blamed.
I hope we don't see another version Cleven Brown BB any time soon.
Surprised to see so many people blaming the defence, we don't have one, we've traded it away over the last 2 years.
I think "lack of a serious running game" should be added to the poll.
We need a kick ass running back, take the pressure off TB.
I watch Colts yesterday, Addai does everything he needs to to ease the pressure on Manning.
Without Addai, TB and Manning would have the same problem.
they should just take Randy Moss (and maybe Welker on those 3rd and 4s that you know are going his way) off the field so they can recover their brains and their creativity.
Anyone remember the AFC championship game, in Indy? 4th-goal at the 1-yd line, McGinest tackled EdJames behind the line of scrimmage, and the Patriots won..
That was week 12 in 2003 chief.
and we gave up 30+ points. It was a big time play by Willie Mac but the defense as a whole didn't play well that game
My feeling is that defensively they're going to need to better address their pass rush heading into this offseason. They've been one of the bottom teams over the past few seasons in sacks, and unfortunately as much as people here have discussed how poor the secondary is playing, it's quite unfair to ask a bunch of young guys to cover receivers for six or seven seconds.
When you give a quarterback all that time to survey the field, with receivers running back and forth, eventually someone is going to get open. Coverages are in place to deal with specific routes and situations, but all that goes out the window when receivers have time to get away from their man and make a play.
Henne had a lot of time today with a solid pocket around him, especially as the game wore on and you could tell the players were getting tired chasing their receivers around in the 80-degree heat. They need to do a better job of disrupting that - because unfortunately that is a big area of concern.
Look around the league at the stats. There are guys in this league who have almost as many sacks in total as this entire team does. But that aside sacks aren't even the biggest concern - any pressure would be good to see at this point. Watch the game again and you'll see the pocket he had today...it was just ridiculous.