& that right there is why i put a lot of blame on Nick & the organization. imo we have over invested in our DL & when they arent perfect our back 7 cant stop shyt. which is the same issue with our offense. if they arent perfect we arent winning no games. which is why i think Hurts has not been taking the check down & short passes. he is just taking the homerun ball because he knows we cant go a drive without getting points. because our defense cant stop anyone.
Another problem is even with the d line they fukked up on depth. BG old. Cut Barnett. Left Nolan on the bench for weeks. Sweat already has surpassed his career high in snaps and we have four games left. They’ve burnt out the edges
Nah I don’t think it’s fair to say they haven’t been good all season. Let’s keep it a buck offense has been turning the ball over every game. These dudes are consistently on the field + add to the fact that teams like Dallas and San Fran have a much better Oline it’s not really surprising to see these results
agreed. imo howie thought we could just roll over another year of 70 sacks. like that shyt is just easy to do. that was our issue the year after we won the superbowl in 2017. howie always tries to just roll with the same crew, you cant do that with a aging team like ours. i was a big advocate of us trading our first for Burns from Carolina. he is a young stud pass rusher. now imagine him in a rotation with Reddikk & Sweat?
The DL has been good/great all year, they didn't hit the wall and look gassed until after the KC & Buffalo games. 172 snaps those two games is the most by any defense in a two week stretch this season. It's no coincidence they came out hot in the 1st quarter against the SF OL (which is average at best in pass protection) and then as that game got into the 2nd quarter their legs were gone.
