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Curb your negativity bro cha chos!


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The first team defense forced 2 turnovers and held a playoff team to field goals TWICE. This will be a bend but don't break d that will take chances to create turnovers till opponents get in the red zone. This team has definite playoff potential. So cool your mother fuging jets!

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I don't think this will be a bend don't break defense at all. People are making way too much of what they saw last night. This defense is going to be an aggressive pressure defense. We will try to force the offense to make turnovers and dictate the pace of the game.

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The first team defense forced 2 turnovers and held a playoff team to field goals TWICE. This will be a bend but don't break d that will take chances to create turnovers till opponents get in the red zone. This team has definite playoff potential. So cool your mother fuging jets!

I was thinking about making the obligatory sky-is-not-falling-thread, but figured that it's a pointless lesson in futility. It's that time of year where extremes---one way or another---will make the usual Huddle stupidity appear benign. It is what it is. Sit back, enjoy the entertainment, or even throw yourself into the storm and ride the winds of anarchy to and fro.

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I don't think this will be a bend don't break defense at all. People are making way too much of what they saw last night. This defense is going to be an aggressive pressure defense. We will try to force the offense to make turnovers and dictate the pace of the game.

I was going to say the same thing. Would pie you, but it ain't working.

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I was thinking about making the obligatory sky-is-not-falling-thread, but figured that it's a pointless lesson in futility. It's that time of year where extremes---one way or another---will make the usual Huddle stupidity appear benign. It is what it is. Sit back, enjoy the entertainment, or even throw yourself into the storm and ride the winds of anarchy to and fro.

Ain't it the truth.

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The first team defense forced 2 turnovers and held a playoff team to field goals TWICE. This will be a bend but don't break d that will take chances to create turnovers till opponents get in the red zone. This team has definite playoff potential. So cool your mother fuging jets!

People are only commenting on what they saw in our 1st Preseason. Granted there are a lot of negative comments, mostly because there were a lot of negative things to comment about. But, yes our 1st team defense did well in a lot of areas and I hope that it will be greatly improved. But then again, Beason would improve any defense.

I'm ready for an exciting season!

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I don't think this will be a bend don't break defense at all. People are making way too much of what they saw last night. This defense is going to be an aggressive pressure defense. We will try to force the offense to make turnovers and dictate the pace of the game.

What I ment by bend but don't break probably isn't the correct term. Basically like what you are saying.aggressive trying to force turnovers until the red zone. Which will result in big plays for one team or the other. Then buckle down in the red zone and try and force field goals.

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What I ment by bend but don't break probably isn't the correct term. Basically like what you are saying.aggressive trying to force turnovers until the red zone. Which will result in big plays for one team or the other. Then buckle down in the red zone and try and force field goals.

I agree with you that our defense will make big plays but the weakness is that it will give up some as well.

But I don't think we will play philosophically different between the 20s versus the redzone. If anything we will just dial up more pressure. I watched Jim Johnson defenses for year and you could always count on the fact we would blitz on third down and more than 5 and inside the redzone we would blitz on just about every down.

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I blame it on the "ME" generation. They have the patience of a two year old. They put their time and energy into being a Panther fan. So they expect results immediately. And when that does not happen. They fap away, showing their displeasure, and letting the world know that once again they are not a happy camper.

Zod, I feel for the future with these kids in charge.

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