08-28-2022, 03:49 PM
(08-28-2022, 03:37 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I am pleased by the defense so far, but defense is usually ahead of offense in preseason.
We have done a lot to fix the offense, but on defense we lost Ogunjobi. So I have more concerns about our defense than our offense.
But we don't have to have an "elite" defense to win a championship if our offense is as good as it should be. If we could just improve from 17th to 10th or something like that. But it will be tough to improve without Ogunjobi and facing a tougher schedule.
I love the way Dax looks so far, but safety is not a big concern with Bates and Bell back. Hill is so versatile he will find playing time, but I don't see him having a huge impact this year.
I think we will miss Ogunjobi. I'm a little concerned about the Dline just because we now have BJ taking over for Larry and Carter rotating in. So if BJ goes down not sure Carter could do what BJ did for us with Larry. I'd feel a lot better if Carter was the 5th DT/ extra DE.
I'm excited about Dax as well. I think he may get more playing time than we realize. Lou seems to run a pretty unique defense and I could see him doing things like having Bates and Hill at safety and moving Bell into a linebackerish role at times. Or Bell at safety and either Dax or Bates in a robber role. I'll be excited to see it and I think we are all a little in the dark with Bates being out so long and no starters playing in the preseason. I think Dax showed enough in the preseason that we have to get him on the field and might be exactly what this defense needed if he can continue to be around the ball in the air.
