smack500 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Is our run defence worse then last year or what? We did pretty well against holmes, and alexander as they did better on screens then actuall running plays. However, we let Tatum Bell pretty much own us. Im a lil nervous about facing LT and Cadillac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Pretty much own us? He had 2 good runs. Thats it. Besides that, he did very little. LT scares everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVCChairman Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Cadillac is hurt...Pittman played this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smack500 Posted October 19, 2005 Author Share Posted October 19, 2005 Cadillac is hurt...Pittman played this week I thought cadillac would be back to starter the week we play them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smack500 Posted October 19, 2005 Author Share Posted October 19, 2005 Pretty much own us? He had 2 good runs. Thats it. Besides that, he did very little.LT scares everyone. Hes not known as one of the best runners in the league, yet it seems hes had the best results against our D as of yet. Im not sure of his yds total, but I know it didnt help our defensive stats any. Also how many games has portis had like that, against not as good Ds as were suppose to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVCChairman Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I thought cadillac would be back to starter the week we play them. but he is also "the future of tampa" and injuries dont heal overnight, he's still a rookie, even if he's playing, he's gonna be worried and favoring that injury. Not to mention, unless Rattay comes in and blows it up, we will be defending the run, Rattay will only have had 3 weeks to prep, AND we will have springs back, therefore we can defend the run a little more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgjk9 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 his game aginst denver wasnt bad, and against chicago was real good..both of those D's are respectable if not really good. i think we can stop the run with cadillac..not sure bout LT cuz nobody can stop him. but im more worried about the screens and the pitch outs (i know they count as runs.) than i am anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhorse1 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 No. Our defense is worse this year is every phase of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVCChairman Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 No. Our defense is worse this year is every phase of the game. that is like saying you are less strong then GOD, dude, we had an AMAZING defense last year, i'm tired of people gettin pissed and talkin about our defense so negatively....you guys dont look at stats do you? STATISTICALLY we are a top 10 defense....you throw in 2 turnovers into each one of our losses, and i guarentee we win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smack500 Posted October 19, 2005 Author Share Posted October 19, 2005 I just have a hard time beleiveing our D from last year would have allowed tatum bell to have those 2 big runs on us. However, with greg williams Im sure hell deal with any problems as as he can. I think the big diffrence, no matter if its run or pass, is we are not getting as much pressure inside as last year. I remember our D tearing verde up in both dallas games, this year even though we won (because of moss) bledsoe had tons of time to throw. Noting this is with a weaker o line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty Gut Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 without Springs in the game, seems like we play a much more "protect the young secondary" time defense, which overall still does well, but I'm guessing gives up the occasional big play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince62 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 "that is like saying you are less strong then GOD, dude, we had an AMAZING defense last year, i'm tired of people gettin pissed and talkin about our defense so negatively....you guys dont look at stats do you? STATISTICALLY we are a top 10 defense....you throw in 2 turnovers into each one of our losses, and i guarentee we win." cool! a personal guarantee...who could ask for more! we need to get you on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 If our 3 core guys are healthy, our D is as good as last year. The loss of Springs left us much more vulnerable on the edges. You notice NOBODY has done squat against us running up the gut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
202Chaz Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 No. Our defense is worse this year is every phase of the game. Do you have any stat info to support this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Monk Fan Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 We rely on our corners in run support, especially on outside runs where we've shown weakness so far this year. Once we have our starting corners back in we'll blitz more, use a wider variety of packages and shut down the edge run. Think back, how many times did we see Springs, Smoot and Harris come up and make a solid tackle on the edge last year? Once we're healthy the D will clamp down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 The long runs by KC (short pass to Priest) and Denver (Bell) were largely due to missed tackles. With explosive runners like Priest and Bell, if the defense misses the initial tackles, each of those RB's can and will burn the secondary of almost any defense. I think a phenomenal athlete like LA (at least pre-surgery LA) can help in those kinds of situations when the defense breaks down. He has enough athletic ability to make plays when crap hits the fan. The question is, in the other 80% of the time when the system doesn't break down, is LA a liability? That seems to be the $64k question. GW trusts his defensive schemes and if he thinks LA will cause them to break down more frequently, it will be hard for him to put LA in the game. (Apologies for introducing the topic of LA into this thread. However, I think discussion of those long runs necessitates addressing the question of whether LA would have made a difference). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistere Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 This year we are ranked currently 5th in the league on D. Last year we ended up 3rd sitting in 2nd most of the year according to nfl.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3TIMECHAMPS Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I think our run defense is perfect. Bell had 2 great runs, but besides that I think he would have had like 38 yards. What worries me is the screen play defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveStrongSkins Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Half the people on this board spell it "defense" and the other half spell it "defence"..... so, which one is it? :laugh: I have thought this for a while now, our defense is not set up well against the big play. We have an aggressive defense but alot of times we leave deep shots open and the flats wide open. Hopefully we can do some things to sure it up. I think this game will be a confidence game for our defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBkilla56 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 1 reason why our run defense will excel once again, Warrick Holdman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smack500 Posted October 19, 2005 Author Share Posted October 19, 2005 I dont think anyone is saying our defence is bad this year, like alot on here seem to be thinking. Im just stating compared to last year our D is not as good, we are not getting the pressure we were last year (even when springs was playing). You allow alot more plays, and yards; not to mention you dont cause as many turnovers when you dont get in your opponents backfield as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Night Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 OT - Anyone else have a pet peeve seeing the British spelling of defence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvan1 Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 denver was in the rain and away... lots of funny things can happen when thats the case (remember the last time we played at denver in the rain? michael westbrook and kent graham?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smack500 Posted October 19, 2005 Author Share Posted October 19, 2005 The denver game isnt the only issue. Doesn't anyone else remember the pressure we put on qbs last year? Even the games we had springs, it hasn't been there this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanTheBeastTaylor Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Someone give the creator of this thread a dictionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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