This One Was on the Defense

[Jimmy]

No pressure on matt Ryan today. No sacks and the poo stain ran for 2 TDs. We got gashed in the running game giving up the 1st 100 yard rusher in 22 games. Missed tackles galore. 

Sure there were drops by the WRs on offense but Cam still threw for 71%. 

Butler, Mayo, Munnerlyn, Adams...poo the bed today.

Addison, Peppers, Horton, KK...where were you?

Luke...4 missed tackles that i know of but damn you can only ask so much from one guy

Shitty performance by the defense.

[beastson]

I can't talk to those talking about the offense after Matt Ryan RAN, RUN, RAN for 2 TD's

[Castavar]

100%. We spend too much of our assets on defense for it to continually suck against good offenses.

[saX man]

Yep.

Mayo, Butler, Addison, & Horton all had pretty bad days and were a big part of run d issues.  

With Mayo next to Luke, we lose TD's sideline to sideline speed and Adams has to come up more to attack the runner.  Problem is that he's slow as sh*t.  

We were slow and not generating pressure..even with a blitz.  Pass rush is lacking.  Pepp can't go for a whole game and Addison is not ideal against the run.  Horton is average. They all disguise eachother's weaknesses in rotation but got rocked today.  Maybe we should get Cox or Obada in there.  

[MHS831]

When you DROP nine passes, one going for an interception that proved to cost us the game, you put your defense on thei field too much.  They gashed us on Thomas Davis' side.   So blame illegal supplements.

[Ace_Aladdin]

Panthers are missing Thomas Davis! 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, MHS831 said:

When you DROP nine passes, one going for an interception that proved to cost us the game, you put your defense on thei field too much.  They gashed us on Thomas Davis' side.   So blame illegal supplements.

I'll grant that was bad, but it's not like the defense waited until the third quarter before they started giving up big plays.

 

[Palmetto]

Offense came on late because they were forced to open up the offense

[Jimmy]

1 minute ago, MHS831 said:

When you DROP nine passes, one going for an interception that proved to cost us the game, you put your defense on thei field too much.  They gashed us on Thomas Davis' side.   So blame illegal supplements.

One interception never costs you the game...the overall performance of the defense cost us the game.

[MikeD83]

Just like the playoff game in New Orleans last year. Cam plays out of his mind, but his supporting cast does everything it can to waste that effort. 

[LinvilleGorge]

It's absolutely on the D. Yeah, we had some dropped balls, but that pales in comparison to mistake after mistake after mistake on D. They gashed us on the ground, they shredded us through the air. They did whatever they wanted. It's a testament to the grit shown by the offense that we were even remotely competitive today. The D tried to get us blown out.

[Hoenheim]

2 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

When you DROP nine passes, one going for an interception that proved to cost us the game, you put your defense on thei field too much.  They gashed us on Thomas Davis' side.

This. I put it equally on defense and drops by multiple players. 

Actually at the end of the game the defense did what they needed to do and stopped them to give us a chance to win at the end. And we were one DJ Moore circus catch and 2 point coversion away from winning . 

I personally think the defense had a fluke game. We have 2 very winnable games coming up at home after this one and then TD coming back. 

[London Loves Luke]

Yup, Defence lost is this one, and it was the run D of all things that lets us down, completely uncharacteristic but hopefully it teaches us a few things.

[Jackofalltrades]

D and dropped passes.