Defense.....

[RnB]

Viper, you are right; Dent is no Lofton, that is for sure. He may come around though.

I think another significant factor is how much Nolan likes having five DBs on the field. We drop ends into coverage pretty often as well. The tackling and YAC on rushing plays is pretty rough but it seems like when we have one missed tackle, we end up missing multiples on the same play, letting backs get huge chunks of yardage when we have a rush defense breakdown. I would like to see a little more consistency in the tackling so that half the opponents rushing stats aren't coming from one or two plays. Its inevitable that you are going to give up some medium to long passes in a game but I think giving up medium to long runs is much, much worse.

However, our rushing defense stats have been steadily climbing for a few weeks now. I think we can get it worked out, and get better at run fits, before the playoffs get here.