- Joined
- Oct 10, 2006
- Messages
- 76,883
- Reaction score
- 66,866
Our team is built to score quick and stop teams on 3rd down in the red zone, i.e. 4 point plays. Repeat the cycle and grow the point spread. Force the opponent to play aggressive catch up and bait them into mistakes.
When you can’t hold up on the dictating side, the reactive side gets exposed playing a game it’s not built to play.
Both sides are vastly underperforming in the short run but with the symbiotic nature, if the offense starts clicking again, the defense will be formidable.
We better hope the 2018 Pats show up on offense because the 85 Bears aren’t coming in to play defense.
We looked bad against the Lions but change a couple plays against the Jags and we are in that game. I am not terribly concerned yet. Miami looks good but we have a few games at home and hopefully we can turn a positive in the next weeks.
Nothing is going to make this defense formidable unless we see vastly improved play by the defensive players.