Zarg Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 It's time to come clean, I want you to admit you were wrong and that you were drinking the Kool-Aid. This defense is atrocious. I love me some Fletcher, but he has lost a step. Hall, you played relatively good. It's just the receivers were incredible. Making catches in traffic and draped in coverage. I admit I was wrong, I thought this defense would be much, much better. I understand Orakpo is out, but through the first 2 games I was not too impressed with his ability to get to the QB anyway. But I never thought we'd look this bad.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cphil006 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I hoped, but knew our most glaring weakness is the secondary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MontanaSkins Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I was not expecting top ten, but also not just plain horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat~man Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I don't think many people did. I've been saying all offseason, along with many others...that our secondary was garbage.. We are giving up historic numbers in yards/TDs through the air and it isn't gonna get any better even with Meriweather coming back. Meriweather isn't all that good himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 It's no excuse for some of the sloppy and weak play, but we knew the pass d was a big weakness this year, and that was before meriweather and tanard were lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbs Hog Heaven Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Many on here this past summer. But they'll be conspicuous by their silence to the question now. Hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat~man Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 It's no excuse for some of the sloppy and weak play, but we knew the pass d was a big weakness this year, and that was before meriweather and tanard were lost Exactly. I know we were hamstrung by the cap penalties, but it is completely mind numbing why we settled for the secondary we currently have. Meriweather will not be much help, if any at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I'll be honest, I thought we might crack the top 10. We knew there were questions in the secondary, but I didn't realize it would be this bad. For the first time in a while, this looks to be a team that's going to have to average 30 points a week to have a chance at winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 We better get Talib next year, and if we keep on letting Robert getting sacked and hit like this he's going to land on IR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdskn4eva Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I thought the defense would be a strength. Ohh how wrong I was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice_of_Reason Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I thought they would be as good and bad as last year. They seem to be a lot worse. That's not good. ---------- Post added September-23rd-2012 at 04:29 PM ---------- I can't believe that the team has scored 40, 28 and 31 and they are 1-2. That's an abomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogofWar1 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Prior to losing Jackson, Meriweather, Orakpo, and Carriker I don't think top 10 (but not top 5) was out of the question. The secondary would have still been a weakness, but nothing terrible so long as we had 2 decent healthy safeties. The moment we lost Jackson we lost a huge piece. Meriweather's injury cost us too. Orakpo and Carriker in the same week pretty much dashed any hopes that remained. So yeah, I thought we had a chance of being top 10, but that was 3 players ago (not including Meriweather, who might not even be 100%). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoudMouth12thMan Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I thought we'd be able to get pressure. So in a way, regardless of the secondary, I felt we'd be able to help an inept backfield with good pass rush/pressure. No pass rush and weak cover skills= disaster Same ol' Skins except we have a pretty new car running the offense. Still ****ing driving in circles and going nowhere even with the new car though. Plus we overpaid considering the amount of holes we have. Plus no cap room next year. This is going to take a while it appears. What else is new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 There's no reason our pass d needs to be THAT bad. There's something incredibly wrong with the scheme. DHall and Wilson are both credible NFL corners. Gomes was okay last year and Williams is at least on the field. They are not average, they are not below average, they are pee wee football team playing ball for the first time in their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmzznnxx Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I did think they'd be a top 10 defense, or if nothing else the same as last year which was pretty good. They look like the worst defense in the league, and there's just no excuse for it. Something has to change if there's any hope of being in the playoff race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pick6 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 The D is actually getting a few nice turnovers a game, but can't stop anyone outside of a turnover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I never thought they'd give up 33pts per game. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I expected an average defense. This is pure crap. Completely unacceptable after 3 years of building the 3-4. We scrapped a defense that was good to great and built this heap of CRAP. Dumb dumb dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison Redskin Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Top 10 in what, suckage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilsburypgh Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 RG3 gotta put up 40 points to win a game??? Hasletts corny D gives up 30 points to everyone we play... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Tomb Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I'm a little perplexed at how the secondary is being put in zone coverage, when that is clearly not their strength. Haslett is not doing them any favors whatsoever; he's definitely not putting them in the best position to be successful. Our defense is just so awful - I have a queasy feeling every time they're on the field, and that hasn't happened in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 When Jim Haslett is your defensive coordinator, and you haven't inherited a Dick LeBeau defense (as he did when he ran the 3-4 in Pittsburgh [and while in Pittsburgh, each year that passed they got progressively worse]) you can't count on a top 10 defense. Ever. That said, I thought we'd be better than "one of the worst defenses ever" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabsuz Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I thought somewhere between 16-20 would be feasible... Not the worst defense in the league like how it turned out, I still can't figure out how we are this bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Oh boy. Here comes the, "did ya really think" threads. Even if we didn't expect a top 10 defense, what I saw from that secondary was unacceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilsburypgh Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I expected an average defense. This is pure crap. Completely unacceptable after 3 years of building the 3-4. We scrapped a defense that was good to great and built this heap of CRAP. Dumb dumb dumb. I agree...The sad part is its been 3 years.....And every year it gets worst...I would get rid of Haslett now..keepin him aint gonna do no good...at least we may have a shot at saving our season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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