Tell us how you REALLY feel, Kerry: WEEI article on the secondary

[Box_O_Rocks]

THis needs to be bumped.

THis game showed how awful our secondary has been. A good amount of 3rd and longs completed.

Pass rush sucked, but it's not like Burger was standing back there all day long. He had lots of quick drops and pass after we pressured him a couple of times. Just horrible.

Delta O'Neil? What is he doing in our defense?

Hobbs also gets beat. The guy is a great KO returner, but an average at best CB.

James Sanders? When was the last time he made a play? All I see is lots of bad angles from him.

Merriweather has the physical tools and has made some plays. But he seems to be out of position in some plays and looks to be a step behind, but he's clearly our best player back there.

Our secondary is a sad state and needs some major retooling.

Oh good grief. Other than O'Neal being picked on by his old friends from the AFCN, the secondary played well yesterday. There was decent pressure on Ben when he needed to pass. The Pit offense moved the ball by lining up with three and four wideouts to force NE into their Nickel defense, then they ran the ball with Moore and used their big receivers to block. The NE defense played well enough to keep the game close until Special Teams mistakes and dropped passes dug the hole too deep.

 

[Robdude]

Oh good grief. Other than O'Neal being picked on by his old friends from the AFCN, the secondary played well yesterday. There was decent pressure on Ben when he needed to pass. The Pit offense moved the ball by lining up with three and four wideouts to force NE into their Nickel defense, then they ran the ball with Moore and used their big receivers to block. The NE defense played well enough to keep the game close until Special Teams mistakes and dropped passes dug the hole too deep.

I agree
Even after starting the second 1/2 with three turnovers, the defense still had us in the game. Starting the fourth quarter behind by 13 was about the best we could hope for. I thought they played very well all things considered. The problem was mistakes on Special Teams and Offense. Not that I am looking for anyone's head but it seemed that many plays an offense were executed well by 10 players and badly by one player and that one player made the difference each time. Drops by the receviers, missed block by a line man not the type of play we are used to seeing but correctable.

 

[Leave No Doubt]

Oh good grief. Other than O'Neal being picked on by his old friends from the AFCN, the secondary played well yesterday. There was decent pressure on Ben when he needed to pass. The Pit offense moved the ball by lining up with three and four wideouts to force NE into their Nickel defense, then they ran the ball with Moore and used their big receivers to block. The NE defense played well enough to keep the game close until Special Teams mistakes and dropped passes dug the hole too deep.

:agree:

The D had us in it and if not for drops and mistakes,especially by ST,things could've turned out a lot differently. These mistakes are KILLING us