6 hours ago
(7 hours ago)THE PISTONS Wrote: Nobody is pretending injuries don't matter. What the debate is, is the quality of the players injured.
At DT, IF Rankins and all the DT's were healthy, I doubt we'd have a good defensive line still. I think Rankins isn't a good fit here.
Same in the secondary. If all of our CB's were healthy, I don't think we'd be great. Dax Hill shouldn't be a #1 CB. He was considered a failure at Safety and moved to CB. He's maybe a #3 or 4 CB on a good defense.
Turner likely isn't a top 3 CB on a good defense.
Hubbard's performance has been down. Maybe it's injuries? Maybe it's age. Murphy, Jenkins, and Ossai have been relatively healthy and they've largely struggled.
Agree on DT, but to have all your DT's hurt but one is catastrophic no matter the talent. Dax was looking really good at boundary
Corner and has first round talent. DJ Turner also was looking good before going down and could be a #1 with his speed and fluid
hips which are elite.
CTB, Stone and Bell playing poorly along with terrible LB play, bad tackling and no pass rusher besides Trey have been our problems.
Thankfully these players are playing better for the most part at this point and we are finally playing opportunistic on Defense which
seems to be the only way Lou's Defenses play well. We need a new DC after this season regardless because of this fact.
