The defense

[Cydekikk]

Didn't we?... So far, I'm underwhelmed.

 

[LesBaker]

looked like shit today, and last week.

 

[HE WITH HORNS]

I guess this should go in the vent thread, oh wait.

Um yeah, that RB is a tough SOB, he was kicking out ass all day.

 

[Ellard80]

Made some plays at the end thank god....

But yes - at this point we got suckered.

Lots of football left however.

 

[hotanez]

They got the stops when needed

 

[“Turbo set!”]

Agree for the most part. But look at the NFL these days. Any decent quarterback is going to put up 30 points and 300 yards passing every week. We played two tough offensive teams the past two weeks.

 

[UKram]

There’s a whole lot of holding going on look at out dlines jerseys after the first half ....

 

[Mackeyser]

Honestly, Pete saw what happened last week, saw that we are focusing too much on collapsing the pocket and getting upfield pressure and used his two big backs to just smash mouth us.

I really don't think this D is taking too kindly to being embarrassed and you can bet that they're gonna be rectifying things.

 

[tempests]

Donald and Suh are really the only things I like about this defense.

Hype or no, they cannot keep giving up 30 points a game.

 

[Jacobarch]

Gotta give it up to the Hawks they brought it today.

Obviously peters isn't one hundred percent
They came with a game plan today we have to fix it

 

[bomebadeeda]

Peters is playing hurt. Barron wasn't in on passing downs and was on a pitch count. And we won on the road. Maybe your expectations might have been a tad off. We are more vulnerable to the run as we know what's happening on the back end. It wasn't pretty, but they got stops when we had to have them.

 

[BonifayRam]

Littleton can not do it all by himself...Told you guys that Cory can bring pressure!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PatDaddy13]

There hasn't been any marked improvement in run defense from last year, which was the biggest hole on our defense last year, and the complete lack of an edge rush is killing us.

We have four linebackers, three of which shouldn't be starting on an NFL team. Good rotational guys, but they aren't starters.

We need help. Unfortunately mid-season help in the NFL isn't really a thing, so this is what we got.

 

[Zodi]

Barron is not that good. Outside of Littleton, I wouldn't be mad if we had an entirely new linebacking corps next season.

 

[OldSchool]

Anybody who thought a division road game that we annihilated last year in their house was going to be easy hasn't watched football before. We also saw this defense start slow last year and adjust as they did in the 4th quarter today.

 

[Mojo Ram]

We have four linebackers, three of which shouldn't be starting on an NFL team. Good rotational guys, but they aren't starters.

Barron and Littleton are not a problem.

Barron is not that good. Outside of Littleton, I wouldn't be mad if we had an entirely new linebacking corps next season.

What? Dude hasn't played since.......uhhhh how many months? Nine months? Dude came out played physical, and balled.

Yes our LB core needs to gets better. Peters cost us points today.

 

[Pancake]

I have never liked a 3-4 D.

 

[Sleepy1711]

Barron is not that good. Outside of Littleton, I wouldn't be mad if we had an entirely new linebacking corps next season.

I thought Barron played really well today.

 

[Liberator]

Not overly concerned since they still get the key stops. That said, they need Talib back and they need an edge rusher from somewhere. I don't know if we can find that piece and it's going to be tough to keep being so perfect on offense. Not worried yet, though.

 

[Zodi]

I thought Barron played really well today.

He is a liability in the running game. Way too many broken arm tackles and bad angles.