This defensive roster needs to start creating some turnovers. This is the game to start. Getting a win at home against a division rival that is coming off a huge win against the 9ers, will put us in a good position in the division and can set up a nice run for this team. A loss today is a dagger to the season and it’s time to turn to the draft.
I 100% agree. The defense is playing well enough to not lose, but they aren’t playing well enough to win.
Much of the talk this week, and rightfully so, is that the defense is keeping us in games and the offense is letting us down. To a degree that’s true. The saying is that if you hold the other team under 20 points you expect to win. Our defense is doing that, but it’s not making big plays. If you paired this defense with the 2020 offense, you probably win 12 or 13 games again. But with a young struggling offense it just doesn’t work. All of our most experienced players are on defense, so they should be the ones carrying the load right now. The easiest way to do that is to stop playing to not be the reason we lost and to start playing to be the reason we win.
They need to play better in all three phases. There is a lack of explosive plays in general.
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Offense and defense are both mid at best.