Little Lou Who Is Consistent

[Bengalholic]

(09-28-2020, 12:29 AM)J24 Wrote: Let's get real
1.) The Defense has played well enough to win two of the first three games this season. Today they had 3 sacks, 2 INTs, 6 TFLs, held the eagle's under 5 yards a pass attempt, and a QB rating of 63. The Chargers were held to under 20 points and that's with holding them to 3 points off two Turnovers.

2.) Over the past 10 games dating back to last year's Raiders game the Defense has played well in all but two of them(Dolphins game and this year's Browns Game). It's not like this unit hasn't shown significant improvement since the first half of 2019.
3.) They haven't played a game with their best player in Geno Atkins.

Outside of the Browns Game the Defense has played well. The real blame should go to the Offensive Line who can't block anyone in either the run game or Passing Game.

This defense is allowing over 180 yards per game on the ground and about 47% of 3rd downs to be converted against them. It's hard to win games with both those happening. You're right that the o-line can't block anyone and they are a major reason for the goose egg in the win column, along with the piss poor running game...but the defense sure as hell isn't blameless. They haven't made any real progress since last season in the areas I mentioned, and that's troublesome.