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Brownfan80 said:I don't see how anyone can attribute the problems in the secondary only to that unit. The pass rush (lack of) has played an absolutely huge part of how they look out there.
I said mainly, not 'only'. If you simply review the big plays we have given up this year, they mostly revolved around missed tackles in the secondary. Or cornerbacks in position to make plays but didn't.
We have had an anemic 3 man pass rush for several years, but when our secondary is hot, or when we blitz extensively, we have been okay.
When was the last time that we had a really good pass rush from just the front three? Add up Warren, Seymour, and Wilfork's sacks, add in Ted Washington's and Traylor's and Jarvis Green's. I think Bobby Hamilton had as good a year as we have seen in D-Line pass rushing. It has always been the LBs that get our sacks.
The fact is that this pass rush we have is nothing new. But we don't have a fully healthy Rodney, a Ty Law, or a healthy and effective Wilson, or even a completely healthy Hobbs or Hawkins or Gay.
In the past, we would hit QBs from the LB position because our secondary was so good that we made QB's hesitate so they wouldn't throw a pick. Coverage sacks. Remember those? Those days are over. Harrington can complete passes on us. Even our 'patchwork' secondary of 2004 kept the play in front of them and gang tackled people, as well as creating turn-overs. Pretty much the same D-Line we have now, except Washington instead of Wilfork. Neither of whom rack up many sacks.
Nothing has changed in our pass rushing abilities, same D-Line as before and only aging Wille out of the picture. We never have generated a ton of heat from our front 3.
The secondary is not in shambles or anything, but I will not try to pin their missed opportunites on the pass rush, which is pretty much the same as it ever was.