How much better would we have been if Malick Collins played? Do you think they would have held the Titans to 180 rushing yards?
Not that much. Even with Collins in, teams have been able to run on us pretty much all year with only the occasional stop or TFL. So we probably would have gotten a couple more stops, decreased the bleeding a bit.
We've been really lucky so far this year that more teams didn't realize that they could have just taken the air out of the ball and destroyed us.
Or do you think the problem is all on coaching?
I don't think it's coaching. I think it's TALENT. The players we have that are talented, for the most part, don't have enough experience.
I like that Lopez gets to start. But what's he doing?
I think he should be a backup, not a starter although he may prove me wrong. Right now, he's part of the problem.
Nick & Lovie have been here 2 years & the run defense is the same.
Because the run defense was so much better in 2020... um, 2019.. oh, yeah in 2018 the run defense was OK (3rd in yards)... we just couldn't stop the pass (29th in yards).
We hit bottom, I hope, last year. For me, this is the first year of the rebuild and it's going to take a couple of years to put something competitive together because we are and were just that bad.
I mean, people can talk about Lovie and how conservative he's playing and all that, but he knows what he's got to work with. To me, i's a testament to his coaching that we've been as close as we have been.
The Titans should have blown us out, but by playing conservative, he kept it close. The Jags are more talented than we are and Pederson is a SB winning coach, but Lovie was able to take advantage of them.
So, I'm not worried. Do we suck? Yes. We've sucked before, though. Hell, even when we've been good, we've sucked.
I just think we're finally on the right path.