Our defense is scary

[TN05]

This is easily the best defense we've had since 2013 and I think it might even be better than that one. Our corners were subpar that year and relied on a constant pass rush to succeed. This year, our entire defense is set. Our ILBs (Shaq and Kuechly) are balling out and Poe is eating up space as NT, but the pass rush depth is insane. We have EDGE defenders up the wazoo - Burns, Irvin, Miller, Addison, Haynes - but the hybrid defense means McCoy, Short, and even Vernon f*cking Butler could be screaming at you at any time. On the field we have 5-6 guys who are a legit threat to sack you at any point, and the best part is we don't even need to rush all of them. A huge portion of our sacks have been coverage sacks, meaning the quarterback had time to throw but nobody to throw to. This has been missing from our team from years. For once we don't need to dial up a blitz if we want pressure. We can actually trust our secondary to hold.

I really believe this defense is something special. We haven't won this type of game in years.

[Moo Daeng]

They need to improve against the run to be honestly scary 

[rico6]

2013’s front seven with this current secondary would be a revolutionary defense imo

[Santee_Panther]

Great performance against a good offense today. And that was without Short and Jackson. 

[TN05]

10 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

They need to improve against the run to be honestly scary 

The 3-4 is inherently worse against the run, unfortunately.

[rico6]

Texans had a decent running game today and it hardly made a difference. I’m starting to think it’s a 3-4 thing

[Seamonk]

Run defense will improve the more our offense scores ;)

[Panthercougar68]

I’m super thrilled that our D looks fast. Something we haven’t had for years is speed.

[FeelTheBurns53]

To hold two or the most mobile qbs in the NFL in Murray and Watson in check for most of the past 8 quarters is pretty damn impressive

Not to mention we held golf and Watson in check for most of those games as well, especially after seeing Winston light up the rams secondary today, our defensive performances thus far are on that "elite" status level

[ecu88]

I believe we have the best defense in the NFC hads down. Bears a close 2nd. 

AFC, Pats D is so fugging nasty. Yeah weak competition for most part but still holy fug they are straight up 2000 Ravens good at this moment and might end up being one of the best Defenses the NFL has ever seen if they keep it up but I do not think they will be able to though.

[musicman]

and KK missed the last 2 games too.

[cptx]

1 hour ago, rico6 said:

I’m starting to think it’s a 3-4 thing

works great if you pair it with an offense that can actually put up points. who cares if they can run if they are constantly playing from behind. shutting down the passing game + forcing them into a passing situation = profit... and tons of sacks apparently.

[Verge]

They adjusted once they started to get burnt by the run, they play 5 lineman, 2 LB (with Shaq as almost an extra DB), and 4 DBs. It shuts down the run and makes them throw intermediate.

[Khyber53]

ILB play by Luke and Shaq has been outstanding, allowing this to thrive, but as much as any group, our secondary deserves the most credit.

So many of these sacks are coverage ones and that's something we haven't seen around here in a loooong time.

Good job Ron, you've got that defense on point.