Ignatius J. Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Archletta and Carter have been much maligned by this board. And I think they don't deserve it. Ryan Clark was a loveable guy. Dude could hit and play, and everyone loved him. But the loss of ryan clark isn't whats killing this defense. Adam Archuletta is leading our team in tackles. How can this jive with the idea that somehow his play is leading to the demise of our defense? I don't think it can. He looks bad in coverage, but what safety in the league looks good in coverage knowing that he is responsible for cleaning up the run game on any given down? No one in the front seven is making stops. That's the problem. Our run defense looks bad, but think back to last year, don't you remember those long runs by tiki barber? Those runs were there because our safeties were not getting the job done. Ryan Clark was not getting the job done. Tiki barber got a long of 18 this year in NY. Why? Better safety play. But what about carter? Well, he is clearly struggling at defensive end. He's leading our team in sacks though, so clearly he is producing in the pass rush department. If you want to complain about a lack of pass rush (which I think you can) maybe the finger pointing belongs somewhere else. Carter isn't playing nearly as well as archuletta, but he was brought in to get sacks and he sure looks like he's doing that. It's easy to blame the new guys, but the new guys aren't the real problems. The problems are not easy to see, but my guess is that cornelius griffin has been playing hurt. These last few games on defense remind me a lot of the games where griffin was out last year. We are a different defense when griffin is in there terrorizing people. I don't really know what the problem is, but the fact is the new guys are producing. The defense needs to step up, and that includes the new guys, but to somehow think that these additions were mistakes is silly to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDETHEWALRUS Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I agree about archuletta. The guy has played very well and all the complaints he has recieved are not deserved. Carter is a different story. Dude has 2 sacks, not exactly overwhelming. I do think he will improve on those numbers as the season progresses, but the real problem is he hasn't been very stout against the run. Gregg Williams relies on the D-line to stop the run and open up lanes for LBs and safeties to get to the QB and unless Carter starts holding up better at the point of attack we are going to have issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydevil Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Andre Carter has 2 sacks in 6 games. Not exactly stellar stuff. He is also a huge liability against the run. I also want to add it is more than just about sack numbers, but about getting consistent pressure on the QB. He simply doesn't deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius J. Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 The criticism of carter is definately more warranted, and he does need to get better, but my key point here is that it's not like the people around him are performing up to snuff either. He's leading the team in sacks. I just think it makes more sense to look elsewhere on the team... like say linebacker, where Marcus Washington and Warrick Holdman are simply not getting the job done. He's not playing steller, but he's the best we've got. It's hard to argue he's not an improvement over what we had. Stellar by no means. Just better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedlamVR Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Its a team thing on defence missed tackles and no hustle it seems flat and suddenly directionless. I am not sure why it isn't just the new additions but no one is playing up to thier standards last year and that is sucking the life out of the team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Brown #43 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 You can't rely on the stats to tell the whole story. Carter has a couple sacks, but he has been completely neutralized outside of those two sacks. He's not getting consistent pressure, which is more important than the number of sacks. And Archuleta is decent against the run but has been completely taken advantage of on passing plays. Stanley Richard and James Washington used to lead the team in tackles...doesn't mean they were good players for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsNorth Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 The whole defense is struggling. They look slow and the tackling from the front 7 has been poor. I wonder how AA would be doing in CHI had he signed there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Brown #43 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Arch could have signed with the Bears and Carter could have signed with Denver. I wonder if the team is wishing they had lost out on those two free agent targets right about now? Hopefully things will get better for them, but I haven't seen much up to now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonoman Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 No pass rush,No run stoppers,no deep pass coverage.That sums it up for Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwo40 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 The only recent image I have of AA is him getting laid out by Henry on Sunday. The entire defense should be ashamed of itself for the last 2 weeks. Bunch of *******. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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