Originally posted by DrEll:
That's because for the first time in a very long time our offense is carrying the defense. Running up the score on a lot of teams does wonders for our defense. We force teams to change their game plan, and then Wilks soft coverage schemes look great when you're giving 10 yard cushions with limited time left. Teams try to force the ball downfield and that's when we get turnovers.
When the offense is not clicking, our defense falls apart. All of a sudden those 10 yard cushions become long time consuming drives. The end result is usually a score. Look at all our games where we lost, or even early on eg Zona two weeks ago. Teams are just going up and down on this team with short passes and crossing routes. Our dline gets absolutely no pressure, and our corners outside of Ward are happy giving up 6-8 yards catches.
Its a mediocre defense, and not because we lack the playmakers but rather a play caller that has no clue how to take advantage of star power across the board.
Bosa
Hargrave
Young
Warner
Greenlaw
Ward
with a supporting cast of Armstead, Gregory, Brown, etc. We have a LEGIT defense that is way underperforming if you watch the games. But the analytic gurus will tell you we're top 5 bc on paper, we allow one of the least points per game. Least rushing yards per game. Of course, when your team is up by 21 points, no team is going to try to run. They're going to force deep passes. They're playing catchup and we feast off that.
take away the offense, and our D sucks
I disagree. The defense was stuck with terrible field position in the first half time and time again, and still held them to only one TD. Then to start the 2nd half the offense went 3 and out after failing to adjust at halftime. You can't hand the ball to the other team 5 times and expect your defense to hold up.
