Love me some Thomas Davis, but what's happened to our Defense since his return?

[flpanthersfan]

Not saying it is TD's fault, but our defense has been playing like horse poo pretty much since his return from suspension...  Coincidence? 

[Peppers90 NC]

Better offenses?

[rico6]

TD is one of the few consistent players on the defense. Unless I’m missing something, many of the woes come from the poor interior play and lack of a pass rusher outside pep.

Secondary is a whole different mess.

[mc52beast]

Yeh, maybe TD isn’t the guy we’ve seen in the past but you can’t blame him for no pass rush, players out of position and Bradberry getting abused.

[flpanthersfan]

2 minutes ago, Peppers90 NC said:

Better offenses?

Maybe Pittsburgh, I'll concede there.  But Detroit? No.   Seattle?  I don't think so.  Seattle pulled off HUGE gains downfield after little pass rush or pursuit, then hitting wide open receivers downfield.  

We either have to cover the deep ball better, have our pass rush shut down the pocket, or otherwise just play better disciplined ball.

[Palmetto]

Defense has been bad all season

[flpanthersfan]

4 minutes ago, rico6 said:

TD is one of the few consistent players on the defense. Unless I’m missing something, many of the woes come from the poor interior play and lack of a pass rusher outside pep.

Secondary is a whole different mess.

TD's play has been mostly consistent - I just don't see the leadership and field generalship we used to see out of him?  Is that on Luke now?  I don't have the answer, just thought it was curious that we just aren't putting all our poo together as a D unit like we used to.

[Carl Spackler]

I will lose a ton of respect for him if he leaves the Panthers to chase a check next year

[jfra78]

really?  Our defense was poo cbefore he came back, and everyone said when he comes back it will be fixed.  Cant blame this on the players this is all coaching

[The Lobo]

18 minutes ago, Palmetto said:

Defense has been bad all season

Ever since the cowboys game, we’ve been poo. Falcons exposed us just as much as Pitt.

[LinvilleGorge]

Our defense sucks primarily because we don't have a pass rush and we don't have safeties with any range on the back end. We have four picks in the first three rounds and I wouldn't be mad if they were all spent on defense. Our safeties are trash, our DL is ancient, Shaq is not TD's replacement, and anyone we put in at nickel gets targeted repeatedly.

[Wolfpredator]

I seem to remember people saying nothing but "Can't wait till TD is back from suspension, our defense is not the same without him"  Defense has been pretty bad since the start of the season.  Can't really blame the lack of pass rush or terrible secondary on him.

[JawnyBlaze]

18 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Our defense sucks primarily because we don't have a pass rush and we don't have safeties with any range on the back end. We have four picks in the first three rounds and I wouldn't be mad if they were all spent on defense. Our safeties are trash, our DL is ancient, Shaq is not TD's replacement, and anyone we put in at nickel gets targeted repeatedly.

Need to sprinkle in some OL but yea I’m with you. One early, one late pick on OL and the rest defense. 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Need to sprinkle in some OL but yea I’m with you. One early, one late pick on OL and the rest defense. 

I'm thinking re-sign Williams and move Moton to LT. Plug Larsen in at center. Draft for depth.