On a negative note from PFF....

[kungfoodude]

These are the current ratings to date for our defense:

DE/EDGE

Yetur Gross-Matos: 53.1

Marquis Haynes: 51.9

Brian Burns: 72.9(17 of 101)

Stephen Weatherly: 63.7(47 of 101)

Efe Obada: 38.8(100 of 101)

DT/NT

Zach Kerr: 53.4(76 of 114)

Kawann Short: 53.8(74 of 114)

Derrick Brown: 29.9(113 of 114)

Bravvion Roy: 30.3(112 of 114)

Woodrow Hamilton: 68.6

LB

Shaq Thompson: 46.0(50 of 76)

Tahir Whitehead: 27.1(76 of 76)

S

Juston Burris: 34.7(76 of 76)

Tre Boston: 35.4(75 of 76)

Jeremy Chinn: 43.1(66 of 76)

CB

Donte Jackson: 63.8(38 of 108)

Corn Elder: 57.3

Troy Pride Jr.: 30.0(105 of 108)

Rasul Douglas: 73.8(10 of 108)

 

 

 

Yuck.

 

 

 

[SteveSmithTD89]

Well I'm glad it's not just me who thinks Whitehead is the worst linebacker in the league.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

Derrick Brown 2nd to last DT in the entire NFL is... not encouraging

 

[onmyown]

The best defensive player came off waivers...good lord.

ill give brown rookie benefit and burns sophomore slump

Chinn has shown flashes

 

other than those 4, we need a serious restart

 

[CLG]

Lol are we gonna go all defense again in the draft lolllll

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, onmyown said:

The best defensive player came off waivers...good lord.

ill give brown rookie benefit and burns sophomore slump

Chinn has shown flashes

 

other than those 4, we need a serious restart

 

Burns? According to them he is the 17th best DE/EDGE in the NFL through two weeks. I'd say that is pretty good. 

[kungfoodude]

9 minutes ago, SteveSmithTD89 said:

Well I'm glad it's not just me who thinks Whitehead is the worst linebacker in the league.

And the two worst starting safeties in the NFL, as well. 

[Eazy-E]

Ever stop to think that maybe Phil Snow just sucks? Guys on this team can’t even fuging tackle. 

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, Eazy-E said:

Ever stop to think that maybe Phil Snow just sucks? Guys on this team can’t even fuging tackle. 

#31 in the league with 15 missed tackles through 2 games, so you aren't wrong. 

[BudFox]

I was watching the game with the in-laws and the most recurring comment was that our defense was getting man handled and pushed around.  Play calling and schemes not too bad.  Just need to sack up and push back.

[hepcat]

5 minutes ago, Eazy-E said:

Ever stop to think that maybe Phil Snow just sucks? Guys on this team can’t even fuging tackle. 

I've thought about that many times during the past two games. Snow is a retirement age journeyman coach who has never had success at the NFL level seems like a failure of a hire. He is 64 years old and had never coached anything more than the linebacker position at the NFL level, for the 0-16 2008 Lions of all teams.

[Eazy-E]

8 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

#31 in the league with 15 missed tackles through 2 games, so you aren't wrong. 

Think when we went from McDermott to Wilks then to fuging Washington. A lot of the same players were on each defense but the entire unit just fell off a cliff. 
 

Calling the right plays to make sure guys are in the right position kind of makes a huge difference in the NFL. Also it’s the D coordinators job to teach the basics and fundamentals to a defense filled with young guys and rookies.

Bad coaching has the potential to ruin young players careers. 

[Eazy-E]

6 minutes ago, BudFox said:

I was watching the game with the in-laws and the most recurring comment was that our defense was getting man handled and pushed around.  Play calling and schemes not too bad.  Just need to sack up and push back.

That has a lot to do with fundamentals like footwork and hands on the D line that right now our coach isn’t teaching properly to our first rounder DT who looks fuging lost out there.

[kungfoodude]

3 minutes ago, Eazy-E said:

Think when we went from McDermott to Wilks then to fuging Washington. A lot of the same players were on each defense but the entire unit just fell off a cliff. 
 

Calling the right plays to make sure guys are in the right position kind of makes a huge difference in the NFL. Also it’s the D coordinators job to teach the basics and fundamentals to a defense filled with young guys and rookies.

Bad coaching has the potential to ruin young players careers. 

And we also got a lot less "learning" time with the young guys this offseason. I did say prior to the season that COVID would probably hurt younger teams and teams with less continuity the most. I am interested to see if that bears out at the end of the year.