Twenty Points

[Mr. Scot]

In three of this team's five losses to date, the defense has managed to hold opposing offenses to less than 20 points.

That means all three of those games could have been victories had the offense that was supposed to be 'explosive' this season been able to manage just two touchdowns and two field goals.

The defense kept opposing teams down enough that just one score per quarter would have been sufficient for a record of 4-2 at this point. And this despite their generally being on the field for way longer than they ought to be.

Lord knows the defense certainly has it's own issues, but watching us play last year, I never would have imagined that 16 to 19 points would have been enough to beat us this season.

Sad :(

[beastson]

McDermott deserves to keep his job

[Mother Grabber]

Last years offense + this years defense = playoffs

[nosuchthingasapanther]

i'm actually proud of the progress the defense has made. they've been effective despite the injuries.

[YoureWelcome]

This season is much more painful than the last.

At least last season we KNEW we would be improved the next year. We KNEW Cam was gonna take that next step. We KNEW that Chud was going to continue to be creative and original with his playcalling. We KNEW Beason was gonna come back and lead our defense.

This year, I don't know what to think about the future. Rivera is most likely on his way out, Cam has plateaued if not regressed, Chud is a heaping pile of crap. Beason seems like he's done for good.

Just a sad, sad situation all around. A ton of uncertainty around a team that "should've" taken that next step.

[Kuech the Sneak]

Last years offense + this years defense = playoffs

Kinda what I was thinking earlier today

[ClawOn]

The NFL is much about who's smarter. Opponents have looked at last year's tape and this year's tape and put in a defensive scheme. Those decisions have been better than our counters to those schemes. Simple as that. Coaching,

[Mother Grabber]

wish we could get them on the field in the same game.

[Ivan The Awesome]

Yeah, funny how it is now. Last years offense was amazing. This years Defense is decent. Can't seem to unify both units. Heck even special teams has been Okay.

The Read Option is killing this offense. Cam needs to be used like a damn QB. He can do that and has done that. Chud is disappointing every game we play.

[TruthVsComfort]

Yep. Our Defense has improved from last season to this season. Unfortunately, our Offense has completely poo it's pants. Most of the blame probably goes on the Offensive Coordinator, but ultimately the HC should have set his ass straight because now this is probably their last season and we are left looking for a coaching staff that can get poo done within two damn years.

[Snake]

I wonder how many times we have used 4 WRs this year? Its no wonder we cant move the ball we don't use but 2 sets a game.

[Brooklyn Bully]

Only three teams have scored less points than we have. Sad.

[Mr. Scot]

Anyone else notice that the vast majority of our good plays today came with Newton under center?

[TylerDurden]

I've been making the same points Scot.

That's what is so frustrating with our team... It's disheartening, to say the least.

The offense is the problem. The defense, minus the Giants game, has been solid and with Luke and TD in there full-time, it has been completely stabilized, making us good enough to win on that side of the ball.

And to come on here and read people trashing Newton is just mind boggling to me. He has been the only reason this horrible offense has had ANY production. The RBs aren't getting legitimate chances to contribute thanks to horrible playcalls and limited legitimate touches. The WRs don't get much of a chance either b/c penalties and poor playcalling set us up on long downs early and we can't get ourselves out of it - often resulting in 3 and outs. To boot, Cam is still making incredible, gamebreaking type plays, we just can't hold the ball long enough to sustain it... And most of his plays are coming from the non-gimmicky bases (under center, no read option).

IMO, it shows that he has actually made progress, but the playcalling and lack of balance make it appear to the casual fan that he has regressed. It's really hard to see him and the rest of our playmakers be bogged down because of horrible coaching.