03-20-2020, 04:37 PM
(03-20-2020, 12:35 PM)fredtoast Wrote: What concerns me is that we seemed to have a good bit of talent on defense last year that just underperformed. I am worried about the coaching on that side of the ball. Jackson, Kirkpatrick, and Bates have all looked better than they did last year. Our D-line should have been more efficient with Geno, Carlos, Hubbard and Billings.
There was a lot of underperforming on D last season, however, Jackson, Kirkpatrick and Bates have all been known to not be as strong in the run game and tackling as they are covering, and we got gouged in the run game badly all year. Geno is getting older and played too many snaps, and we had bad LB's most of the year.
I cant see last to first, but with the changes we've made to sort of gear up to stop the run game better, I could see a decent jump in defensive rankings. Middle of the pack would be way better than where it has been the last couple years. Improving on 3rd down and run defense would be huge. I think Lou is attacking that stuff directly.
