Momentum

[Matt62881]

There was no excuse for the defense we saw Sunday however the offense does two things for the defense, it keeps them off the field and establishes momentum. We almost stopped them on the first drive and all but should have but a lucky fluke where the ball fell into Kittles hands derailed it. That is as deflating as anything including all the flags. If Kyle had hit Samuel on that deep ball in the end zone does our D come out with more passion?

[raz]

there is no way to know anything but what happened.   

[Castavar]

It don't think it would have mattered. Shanahan had the perfect gameplan for us. And if our "elite" defense gets deflated after ONE lucky first down, then we are as soft as baby sh*t.

[Matt62881]

3 minutes ago, raz said:

there is no way to know anything but what happened.   

What im basically trying to say is dont worry the defense isnt that bad.

[Matt62881]

Just now, Castavar said:

It don't think it would have mattered. Shanahan had the perfect gameplan for us. And if our "elite" defense gets deflated after ONE lucky first down, then we are as soft as baby sh*t.

It was more then that, Keek even had a interception while we were still in the game, also saying cam makes a difference.

[TheRed]

That ridiculous play by Kittle basically signified what we were in store for, anyone that's seen enough Panthers football over the years knows what I'm talking about. We got walked all over from the word go, the team looked like they never even really stepped off the plane.

You can obviously argue that execution was a problem, but that kind of loss with that much time to prepare is a very poor reflection on the coaching staff. Especially one helmed by a head coach that has been in and around the league since the 80's.

[Burnout189]

8 minutes ago, Matt62881 said:

What im basically trying to say is dont worry the defense isnt that bad.

Our defense has GOT shore up it's run defense. We can get all the sacks in the world but it doesn't mean poo if we keep getting gashed for huge 10+ yard runs.

[Khyber53]

It's best to burn the tapes and just put that game behind us. 

[raz]

our D isn't that bad unless we face an O coordinator that knows how to scheme against luke.  saints, rams, 9'ers...  they all use luke's knowledge against him.   luke runs right to where the play is supposed to go, but with great O coordinators that's not where the play is going now and luke goes to the wrong place.    this isn't new.   its been going on for years.    

[philit99]

6 minutes ago, raz said:

our D isn't that bad unless we face an O coordinator that knows how to scheme against luke.  saints, rams, 9'ers...  they all use luke's knowledge against him.   luke runs right to where the play is supposed to go, but with great O coordinators that's not where the play is going now and luke goes to the wrong place.    this isn't new.   its been going on for years.    

Worst game I have ever seen Luke play. Several times he had no idea where to go, it was bad. Really, really bad.

[Matt62881]

6 minutes ago, raz said:

our D isn't that bad unless we face an O coordinator that knows how to scheme against luke.  saints, rams, 9'ers...  they all use luke's knowledge against him.   luke runs right to where the play is supposed to go, but with great O coordinators that's not where the play is going now and luke goes to the wrong place.    this isn't new.   its been going on for years.    

Very true and Luke directs the defense and usually does it so well everyone completely trusts his judgment. Maybe he will learn from this game that whats on tape isnt always whays executed. However to put it all on the one player on D that made alot of special plays is crazy.

[Matt62881]

The 9rs came into this game like it was a playoff game i swear, Everything was so well schemed toward us it was crazy however i guess if you play every game like its a playoff game you end up winning most of them.

[raz]

3 minutes ago, philit99 said:

Worst game I have ever seen Luke play. Several times he had no idea where to go, it was bad. Really, really bad.

go back and look at the rams game this year.   go watch payton abuse him in our saints games they need to win.   

 

3 minutes ago, Matt62881 said:

Very true and Luke directs the defense and usually does it so well everyone completely trusts his judgment. Maybe he will learn from this game that whats on tape isnt always whays executed. However to put it all on the one player on D that made alot of special plays is crazy.

he hasn't learned yet and its been going on for years.  

[jfra78]

Our D has been ran on all year but we've ignored it cause we were winning