Does 10-7 Get Us In?

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(12-05-2023, 04:32 PM)Nepa Wrote: If not the departure of the safeties, then what do you attribute is the cause of the demise of the defense? Almost the entire defense returned, including the entire defensive linemen and linebackers, and even most backups. And Lou returned. 

I guess I finger the one major change, the loss of Bates and Bell, as the major factor for the defense's poor performance this year (and those two are having terrific seasons this year, and in particular Bates). But whatever it is, I hope Lou figures it out soon. Right now, they are 32nd in yards allowed per game (and 26th in running yards allowed and 21st in points allowed per game). Even when Beathard came in he went 9/10 and an honest referee (who threw the flag on holding) away from throwing a bomb to inside the 5 yards line in overtime.

Well, it was the poor tackling early in the season and Scott starting over Battle, but lately Dax and Battle have played pretty damn 
good. Our vets namely Pratt and Wilson have struggled at times and Hubbard has been hurt and Hendrickson is just not a good run
stopper. I think Lou needs to put it all together, we have some great young talent that are getting experience in Dax, DJ Turner and 
Battle. True on Beathard but we always struggle with new QB's we have no film on.

I like that the tackling looked better last night, we just need to stop giving up big plays, that has been our biggest problem this 
season for various reasons.