10-31-2016, 11:23 PM
(10-31-2016, 10:57 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Well of course there is the dynamic of the D is not a person.
Is Josh Shaw to blame with his 6 tackles and fine play on the slot receiver?
Is Geno Atkins to blame with his stout run D and sack?
Is Vontaze Burfict to blame with travelling all over the field and his 10 tackles?
It is my opinion is you have to point to one player that cost us a win; I pick the guy that wears #14 is stripes. He has played great all season in both wins and loses, but he crapped the bed yesterday. Anyone that objectively watched the game can see it.
But it's OK; I'm sure he will return to his normal Pro Bowl level next time he takes the field. I'm just not one to blame half the team to deflect a poor game by one person. Never have, never will.
Why don't we just blame the country of England.
There is no one on the defense who is equivalent to a QB. The defense performs more as a unit, whereas a QB can make or break an offense pretty much by himself.
Dalton is currently 3rd in voting in this thread at 11%. Paulie G is 2nd at 14%. Voting for Paulie is basically equivalent to saying "the defense sucked". Then you have Nugent at a whopping 55%.
Of those 3, my sincere opinion is that - while this was Dalton's worst game of the year - there were still some positives mixed in. The numbers weren't awful. Even though he had a couple bad misses on deep throws, he did hit one. The play fake rush TD was a beauty.
I look at the defense (Guenther) and I see more negatives and fewer positives. Dalton led an offense that put up 27 (should've been 31) points. The defense gave up 27 (should've been 30+) points. Which one is more acceptable?
Nugent had even less to feel good about. You said yourself that Nuge would cost us a game this year. Well...here we are. If Nuge only had one miss, there would've been no OT and therefore no Dalton fumble.
No one is pretending Dalton had a good game. I just view Guenther (a guy I've defended) and Nuge as having more negatives and fewer positives in this particular game.
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