Evidence our defense has been overrated

[UpstatePanther]

51 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

Well said.  It's true.  Our defense is a mirage.  And in all honesty, Luke is still the best MLB in the game, but he hasn't had a great year and a lot of it has to do with the players around him not doing their jobs.

Luke has taken some uncharacteristically bad angles, missed gaps, and been pushed off his spot. and it is not indicative of his talent level. he's the QB of the defense and just like Cam presses and makes mistakes when the game starts to get away from us, so does Luke.

[h0llywood]

1 hour ago, the_philosopher said:

• The Carolina offense is 2nd in the league in offensive time of possession despite being only 18th in YPG and 16th in PPG. 

A big example of this was having just under a minute left before the half with 2 time outs and Shula wants to go Rush Limbaugh and be super conservative. Great teams would have gone and tried to drive down that field. 

[Mr. Scot]

I don't know about overrated, but we did have some age in a couple of key spots.

That kind of thing tends to show up more as you get late in the season..

[Saca312]

No one wants to say it, but Wilks as DC has been terrible for our defense.

McDermott was better at situational defensive calls and dialing up blitz’ in smart situations. Wilks calls up simple blitz’ offenses pick up and exploit for big gains, while putting too much stress on our secondary and linebackers in coverage. 

In fact, it’s arguable Shula’s a better coordinator than Wilks, and Shula’s still bad at situational playcalling.

At least Shula doesn’t play simplified concepts and actually tries to be creative. Wilks has made this a predictable and simple defense while making a young secondary’s job the hardest in the NFL.

[TylerDurden]

1 hour ago, Growl said:

Where was the no huddle? The tempo?

The worst part is, is that I guarantee you will see it more in the weeks to come, and it will be the 7th consecutive year that Ron Rivera has had to learn in season after an important loss that the team benefits from incorporating it.

It's so frustrating to watch...  there were several plays they got instant pressure just from waiting for the playclock to wind down to 1 and jumped the snap.

[Carolina Cajun]

The problem our defense has is generating turnovers.  We haven't gotten them in bunches and boy does our offense need them.  When we forced the josh hill fumble, our offense got a short field and got in gear just before halftime.  Our offense is too shitty to not be getting good field position.  Worse yet, we've gotten 5 interceptions this year (already kinda pathetic), but zero, ZERO have come from a Cornerback.  3 from Luke and 2 from a 1000 year old Mike Adams.  Where the hell is Bradberry...or Worley...or Seymour...or Munnerlyn.  We don't have a single aggressive corner, and it hurts us as a team.

[electro's horse]

Last time I beat the drum on how stupid TOP is as a metric I got butt rushed into the ground. 

Enjoy the poop emojis

[Daeavorn]

32 minutes ago, Saca312 said:

No one wants to say it, but Wilks as DC has been terrible for our defense.

McDermott was better at situational defensive calls and dialing up blitz’ in smart situations. Wilks calls up simple blitz’ offenses pick up and exploit for big gains, while putting too much stress on our secondary and linebackers in coverage. 

In fact, it’s arguable Shula’s a better coordinator than Wilks, and Shula’s still bad at situational playcalling.

At least Shula doesn’t play simplified concepts and actually tries to be creative. Wilks has made this a predictable and simple defense while making a young secondary’s job the hardest in the NFL.

Man, Saca this is something Ive been thinking more and more as the year goes on.

I dont understand the fascination with playing more man coverage when we clearly dont have the personnel to run such a scheme.