Biggest problem with defense this season

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(12-28-2018, 01:16 PM)Catmandude123 Wrote: So the Raiders just forgot to throw at the weak lbers. The first eight games when they had THIRTEEN sacks the QBs magically forgot to throw at the weak linebackers. Watch the games and pay attention to details. You would like to believe every pass was thrown in 1.5 seconds but it just proves either you don't watch the games or you have no clue that football is a team sport with the success of the defense is rooted in winning the war in the trenches. Our line lost against the run and the pass . Season grade F.

It's a culmination of a lot of shitburgers across the board.  The LB corp was absolutely straight up doo doo as well after Preston Brown's injury.  Vigil was playing decent in coverage, but getting knocked all over the place in the run game.  Hardy Nickerson shouldn't be starting anywhere, and age is catching up to Vinny Rey.  Burfict was a shit show, Evans wasn't much better.  QBs could dump off the ball over the middle with impunity.

The first few games, Lawson and Glasgow were out there helping generate pressure.

The d line has been bad, the whole defense has been bad, but to act like the LB corp isn't the worst of the bad is disingenuous at best.  After all, against the run, the line's job is to eat blocks and the backers are to fill the holes.  Most of the time, the LBs weren't within a country mile of the proper gap.  They were a steaming pile.  The dline was a less fresh pile.  If they get an F, the LB corps gets an F----------------------to infinity.