09-18-2023, 02:05 PM
(09-18-2023, 01:58 PM)Stonyhands Wrote: This defense could be fully rested and they would still get destroyed. The scheme isn’t conducive to what’s needed at the NFL level. The line isn’t good enough to generate any pressure. The two linebackers are serviceable at best. Soft zone coverage has guys covering empty space. Hubbard has looked like trash and fundamentals of the position have all but been thrown out.
Bottom line is that this defense thrived on being castoffs and written off and that mentality is gone now.
They don’t disguise the defense and Lou sure as Hell doesn’t scheme to shutdown the other teams playmakers. It’s as though he just calls the play and the defense has no clue based on formations or down and distance where the ball is going. The Ravens aren’t all that unpredictable and they still forced only 1 punt…not counting the late punt where the Ravens were killing clock.
People look at it like the defense was gassed because of the offense…no they were gassed because they couldn’t get a stop. The offense couldn’t get anything together until the 2nd half because they didn’t hardly see the field.
So a defense that get to a Super Bowl and an AFC title game is not constructed to win at the NFL level?
Lou literally wrote the current book on limiting some of the best quarterbacks in the league.
