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Message: [QUOTE="longislandcuse, post: 2379387, member: 937"] Defensive inefficiencies can be masked by scheme to a degree. If we're going to play Lorenzo Alexander, who struggles in space but is a good pass rusher, we better be able to uh, actually rush the passer. EJ Gaines being perpetually injured doesn't help much but, bottom line, when the QB can count to 5 Mississippi and there's still no Bills defender within 10 yards of him, doesn't matter much who you have in the secondary. It's beginning to look like DE/DT/LB/LB/CB are needed in the offseason, but good defensive coaches should be able to work with what we have out there and not allow QBs 10 seconds to pass, soft zones wide open all over the field, all the while not stopping the run. Gotta be able to pick a struggle - Falling apart in all 3 defensive phases is a bit ridiculous. On offense - I really want Taylor to be the guy but I watch other teams QBs drop back and let it go. Why we can't do that in his 3 years here reflects more on him than the WRs at this point. That dump off to Clay, down 21 that was always going to be short of the sticks on 3rd down was absolutely unacceptable. We have Benjamin, just throw a jump ball. Dennison seriously is terrible. He always seems to make the wrong call and everyone, including the opposing defense knows what's coming. How we return the same offensive line as last year with Shady and can't run the ball is beyond me. If they want to give Tyrod a chance, let him throw the ball in non-throwing downs. Tyrod, if you want to be the QB, you have to actually throw the ball. These last two games are unacceptable. One of them, ok, mulligan. Two, nah, that's not tolerable. Better not be 3 or McDermott might not want to visit the tailgates next home game. Saddest thing is, 9-7 probably gets us in. If Miami loses to Carolina tonight, we own a WC heading into the back stretch. However, I feel 100x less hopeful in this team than I did running unrealistic machinations in the playoff calculator last year. Oh, and also... ENOUGH OF TOLBERT! What the literal **** [/QUOTE]

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