defenseless
I haven't said a whole lot about my Jaguars yet this season, because I haven't been sure of what to say.
Going into the season, they were onhe of the trendy picks to make it to the Super Bowl, but that all but disappeared after the first game, when they got tore apart by the Tennessee Titans and lost most of the starting offensive line.
Well, now it's four weeks into the season, and the record is getting better, but that's just what's on the surface. The offense is getting better, and healed as well, but the big problem is the defense. Ever since Jack Del Rio became the coach, defense has been the team's bread and butter. It's what the Jaguars have been known for.
Then in the off season, we let Marcus Stroud go to the Buffalo Bills, saying we were taking our defense in a different direction. Was it intentional that the new direction be backwards? Then the defensive coordinator left to be the new head coach in Atlanta, but we supposedly scored this major coup by getting the Redskins' defensive coordinator when he wasn't promoted to the head coach there. So far, I haven't been too impressed.
This year, the initial focus was the offense, because the line got creamed the first game. Everyone was wondering when the offense would get better and we might start winning. It the meantime, the defense lost it's teeth somewhere. I hope someone's out looking for the jar where they keep them. Those guys can't stop anything. You can kind-of shrug when you can't stop Peyton Manning. Not a lot of people can. Matt Shaub and the Texans though? Please! They made Shaub look like Tom Brady yesterday, and didn't sack him once. The quarterback pressure wasn't non-existent, but it wasn't anything to take notice of. The coverage on receivers was worse.
Yes, we won, so I shouldn't whine too loud, but it took overtime...to beat the Texans....at home. The Steelers come to town this Sunday, and they're a tad better than Houston. I hope we figure out what the hell happened to a defense that used to stop people. For the time being, it's looking more like a turnstile.
Going into the season, they were onhe of the trendy picks to make it to the Super Bowl, but that all but disappeared after the first game, when they got tore apart by the Tennessee Titans and lost most of the starting offensive line.
Well, now it's four weeks into the season, and the record is getting better, but that's just what's on the surface. The offense is getting better, and healed as well, but the big problem is the defense. Ever since Jack Del Rio became the coach, defense has been the team's bread and butter. It's what the Jaguars have been known for.
Then in the off season, we let Marcus Stroud go to the Buffalo Bills, saying we were taking our defense in a different direction. Was it intentional that the new direction be backwards? Then the defensive coordinator left to be the new head coach in Atlanta, but we supposedly scored this major coup by getting the Redskins' defensive coordinator when he wasn't promoted to the head coach there. So far, I haven't been too impressed.
This year, the initial focus was the offense, because the line got creamed the first game. Everyone was wondering when the offense would get better and we might start winning. It the meantime, the defense lost it's teeth somewhere. I hope someone's out looking for the jar where they keep them. Those guys can't stop anything. You can kind-of shrug when you can't stop Peyton Manning. Not a lot of people can. Matt Shaub and the Texans though? Please! They made Shaub look like Tom Brady yesterday, and didn't sack him once. The quarterback pressure wasn't non-existent, but it wasn't anything to take notice of. The coverage on receivers was worse.
Yes, we won, so I shouldn't whine too loud, but it took overtime...to beat the Texans....at home. The Steelers come to town this Sunday, and they're a tad better than Houston. I hope we figure out what the hell happened to a defense that used to stop people. For the time being, it's looking more like a turnstile.
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