What would it take for Rivera and McDermott to put in Young?

[VerticalThreat]

Our defensive secondary is built around communication and continuity. You have to play with guys and communicate in real game situations, practice helps, but the speed and game atmosphere change how players deal with this.  There will be miscues with anyone out there. It's all in minimizing what happens when you mess up. You can't throw a guy out there in an NFC Championship game with the thinking "it can't be worse than the other guy" because it can. Knowing where you are weak (being able to expect that weakness) is MUCH better than having NO IDEA how a player will function in the defense. You can account for that, when you know what to expect.  Relax. This defense has ALWAYS (for the last 3 years) been a bend but don't break defense. It's in the scheme. You play off and then make the tackle in the open field. When a play absolutely needed to be made, it was. Harper on 4th down tackling Lynch, Luke deflecting a pass downfield on a missed coverage, hell, McClain came back with a pretty nice pass deflection later in the game. Our DL pressure was tremendous, RW was able to move enough to get the ball to the open receiver and in zone coverage THERE WILL ALMOST ALWAYS BE AN OPEN RECEIVER. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. This team has played like this for 17 weeks the entire season. Enjoy the ride.

[beastson]

I'm all for it. We need our secondary to be on point against Arizona

[CarolinaSamurai]

Let's not go crazy. But it would be nice to not have him inactive this game just in case. Don't forget about Teddy Williams either.

[Match.com]

16 minutes ago, VerticalThreat said:

Our defensive secondary is built around communication and continuity. You have to play with guys and communicate in real game situations, practice helps, but the speed and game atmosphere change how players deal with this.  There will be miscues with anyone out there. It's all in minimizing what happens when you mess up. You can't throw a guy out there in an NFC Championship game with the thinking "it can't be worse than the other guy" because it can. Knowing where you are weak (being able to expect that weakness) is MUCH better than having NO IDEA how a player will function in the defense. You can account for that, when you know what to expect.  Relax. This defense has ALWAYS (for the last 3 years) been a bend but don't break defense. It's in the scheme. You play off and then make the tackle in the open field. When a play absolutely needed to be made, it was. Harper on 4th down tackling Lynch, Luke deflecting a pass downfield on a missed coverage, hell, McClain came back with a pretty nice pass deflection later in the game. Our DL pressure was tremendous, RW was able to move enough to get the ball to the open receiver and in zone coverage THERE WILL ALMOST ALWAYS BE AN OPEN RECEIVER. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. This team has played like this for 17 weeks the entire season. Enjoy the ride.

It's good to see that someone is not overreacting. Thank you. 

[CatfanMO]

There are no QBs left that can scramble to keep the play alive. I think our D line will get the job done from here on out. We are built for the front 7 to control the game and not let the WRs have time to get deep. 

[MrBubba]

Finnegan's play made me yearn for Colin Jones in the slot, at least Jones could make a tackle

[MadHatter]

38 minutes ago, Ship said:

i keep thinking we should ditch finnegan and have either shaq or tre boston play

Yes...let's ditch a CB and have a S or even LB cover Ftiz or Brown.

are you people drunk, high, or brain dead?

terrible idea

 

 

[Nick_81]

59 minutes ago, nctarheel0619 said:

McClain to play completely horrible?  Because that happened yesterday for the most part.  Just curious what you guys think.  

Finnegan was way worse than McClain yesterday.

[tiger7_88]

2 hours ago, nctarheel0619 said:

McClain to play completely horrible?  Because that happened yesterday for the most part.  Just curious what you guys think.  

McClain actually made some very good plays yesterday.

But he also made a ton of mistakes.  I don't know about you, but I don't see how that could have been in any way unexpected.

Would you beat a puppy for piddling on the floor?  The pup just don't know what its supposed to do... YET.

[L-TownCat]

1 hour ago, MadHatter said:

Yes...let's ditch a CB and have a S or even LB cover Ftiz or Brown.

are you people drunk, high, or brain dead?

terrible idea

 

 

Yo!  Whats up Hatter?  Didnt get to come back to the tailgate after the game.  It was a blast hanging out!  Hope I make the next one.

[w280sax]

Wouldnt teddy williams play before lou young.  I know he would have had to yesterday because young was inactive.

[AceBoogie]

Meh, we gave up leads even with our starting secondary.

[CRA]

I thought McClain had good positioning and played his zones well often yesterday......he just didn't turn his head around.  You aren't going to get great DB play at this point.  But being where you are suppose to be is more than half the battle.

 

 

[cgarsmoker]

3 hours ago, VerticalThreat said:

Our defensive secondary is built around communication and continuity. You have to play with guys and communicate in real game situations, practice helps, but the speed and game atmosphere change how players deal with this.  There will be miscues with anyone out there. It's all in minimizing what happens when you mess up. You can't throw a guy out there in an NFC Championship game with the thinking "it can't be worse than the other guy" because it can. Knowing where you are weak (being able to expect that weakness) is MUCH better than having NO IDEA how a player will function in the defense. You can account for that, when you know what to expect.  Relax. This defense has ALWAYS (for the last 3 years) been a bend but don't break defense. It's in the scheme. You play off and then make the tackle in the open field. When a play absolutely needed to be made, it was. Harper on 4th down tackling Lynch, Luke deflecting a pass downfield on a missed coverage, hell, McClain came back with a pretty nice pass deflection later in the game. Our DL pressure was tremendous, RW was able to move enough to get the ball to the open receiver and in zone coverage THERE WILL ALMOST ALWAYS BE AN OPEN RECEIVER. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. This team has played like this for 17 weeks the entire season. Enjoy the ride.

Speaking of communication.....Luke was ripping Finnegan a new butthole after a couple of completions yesterday.  LOL.  I love Luke and he has no problem chewing people's ass when they're out of position.  I'm sure it makes Rivera's job easier having a guy like that around.  Luke is so intense on the field and seems so mild mannered off the field....it's fun to watch.