Originally posted by BrianGO:Originally posted by dust-7:Originally posted by BrianGO:Originally posted by amir_tn80:
With our three n' out offense
Bad offense - yes. I think I've said that in every message here.
But that bad offense put 10pts on the board in the first half.
And the game was over. It WASN'T over because the O put 10pts on the board.
And I've said this many times now. But it's important to repeat. The game wasn't over because the O put 10pts on the board. The game was over because the DEFENSE let ATL put up 35!
That's why. It's basically the point of the OP.
OK, we get the point. Our defense played poorly against Atlanta, its obvious.
But the idea that our season is in trouble because of our defense is no where near obvious.
We also had a lot of TURNOVERS as well. Don't forget about that.
1) If we had a timeout left, we could have challenged the poor call on the non-fumble by Walker. 7 points.
2) If Bly would have taken the pick to the house instead of showboating, it would have saved an Atlanta touchdown and given us 7 points. 14 points.
3) Then our offense goes three n' out all day.
For crying out loud, yes Atlanta put up points, but look at how many OPPORTUNITIES they had due to the combination of three n' outs and turnovers.
I think what he's trying to illustrate is that yes, the offense is not working in concert with the defense. No doubt. But the bigger issue is that we STILL have major issues on defense too that were masked the first four games against a slow-out-of-the-box Cardinals team (old QB), a horrendous Rams team, a good Minnesota team (who put up 27 points) and a horrible Seattle team (whole team injured at the time).
As always, I've been illustrating to you guys that we still have no pass rush from where it's supposed to come from in a 3-4, our short-yardage is PATHETIC esp. on 3rd downs and goal-lines (Turner, x3 TD's), we're incredibly soft in medium zone coverage in the middle of the field (and covering RB's out of the backfield) and coming into the game, we're ranked 16th from the NT position (which will be much worse now). We still have some issues with a vanilla 3-4 too!
Is defense THE problem? No, clearly offense and special teams are the bigger problems. But is defense still a problem? Absolutely! And a good team will take advantage of those weaknesses and you can be assured, other good teams will also attack these major weaknesses.