Besides, the 4-3 is easier to play. Not much thinking is required as the 3-4 has. There is no excuse for this piss poor performance. A worthless, no good for nothing Redskins QB who is ugly in every way tore us apart. No, wait. He took advantage of our defense's stupidity.
For the most part you are correct. The 4-3 is easier to play, and it should be an easier transition.
But we've got big problems on Defense.
#1) No veteran Leadership. Unless you consider Dunta Robinson a Veteran. He's calling the plays on defense, not the MiddleLinebacker(DemecoRyans) as is normal. the guy who can see most of the field generally calls the plays. Shouts out assignments, and changes before the snap.
Dunta is doing it from the CB position, and he can't see everything he needs to. Glenn Earl should be making these calls if not the MLB..... Since he is more a veteran than our Rookie MLB, and he has a better vantage point.
Dunta is trying to compensate for poor calls at the line, and isn't giving his man the attention he should...... so he gets burnt.
#2) Too many substitutions....... Richard Smith still haven't found who his DL should be. After every play, he's changing one, and some times (many times) 2 defensive linemen out of the game. This is bad, because every down is new. The DL men don't have the opportunity to get into a rhythm, and work on their opponent.
It would be nice, if RichardSmith was looking for mismatches along the line, then exploiting those mismatches. But so far, there looks to be no rhyme or reason to his substitions. There were several times, close to the end of the half, and in the 4th Qtr, where we are trying to get a stop, and he has Mario, TJ, & Weaver on the sideline.....
We need to find four starters. & Starters shouldn't mean that they get the first snaps. It should mean that they are on the field when it counts. We need a leader to direct/lead the attack. To change and call assignments on the DL. These four guys need to work together. Defensive Ends should be used to collapse a side(block a Tackle into a guard) so our Tackle can get into t he backfield. Or attack the gap betweent he Tackle and Guard, so our Tackle can attack the gap between the center and the guard.
Our Tackles need to collapse a side, block a guard into a tackle, so our DEs can get into the backfield. They need to attack the Tackle, so our DE can beat up the TE.
& they need to stop trying to stunt..... They simply don't have the speed.
#3)There is no cohesiveness on Defense. It looks like (looks like) the Dl is going after the QB on every down, exposing our linebackers to OL men on running plays. Our LBs got beat up(not just beat) against the redskins, because our DL are letting them through, thinking they have a clean shot at the QB, when they are releasing the OL to get second level blocks. Our DL then gets too far up field, or Isolated on a Doubleteam, and the RBs have big wholes to run through.
#4) No discipline. Nobody stays at home. I like for a defense to swarm around the ball, but our guys bite on every fake, and get burned on screens to the backsides, reverses, and play action passing. It's been three games, and we've been falling for it hard. There hasn't been but maybe 4 plays where we've been beat with the deep ball in the last three games. Most (damn near all) of the big plays have been screens(Philly & Washington) our underneath crossing routes (Indy).
#5) we are being outsmarted. All three teams have taken advantage of our young, inexperienced, aggresive defense. Every playeer has been exposed, dupped, and played. Formations, routes, blocking assignments......... play design...... I can't imagine what our coaches are preparing our boys for on Sunday, because we haven't addressed any of the things our opponents like to do, or will most likely do. The screenpass..... anybody not know that Westbrook is more likely to catch the ball out of the backfield than he is to run the ball?? How many times did we leave Westbrook uncovered coming out of the backfield?? Can you say every time??
Clinton Portis is more likely to attack the edges than run up the middle. How many times did we leave the strongside on run downs?? Our corner following the reciever right out of the play?? with safety help over the top?? Our linebackers looking at the middle of the line??
Anybody know Randle-El & Moss would be used on reverses??
We are getting beat thoroughly on Defense. But it isn't our DLine.. you can't get to and sack the QB when he's dumping it off on screens from the shotgun all day. If anyone believes we are not getting any pressure on the QB, time the release of the football. Brunnels got every ball off, within two seconds. many of them within 1 second. we aren't getting beat deep. we are getting beat on short passes that are turned into big gains.
It's not our safeties..... they are doing what they are supposed to be doing. Yeah, I saw Dunta have his little kiniption fit.... before he touched the player down...... But that was his man...... DeMeco jumped the route, forcing the reciever outside...... Dunta should've stayed where he was, played over the top, and stop the pass to the inside. Even if Demeco was supposed to stay where he was (before jumping the route) Dunta was in the wrong position to make a play.
I'm not knocking Dunta, but I think he has too much responsibility right now. How can you direct a defense, when you're supposed to be chasing recievers all over the field?? you play most downs with your back to the field. MLB, or Safety should have that duty.
ON offense..... Let's just say we don't have any problems we haven't been working on for the last 4 years.....
