Point blank, this team will not win a super bowl if the defense doesn't improve(I'll also say that they never recovered after Shazier went down, he was serverly missed).
Even if they somehow came back and won today, no way they go up to Foxboro and beat the Pats, offense may have kept them in it but Tom Brady & co would have no problem moving the ball.
FIX THE DAMN DEFENSE
Until we get a new defensive coordinator and a few more play makers on defense this team will always be a pretender. If we had to lose i'm glad it was to the jags.. brady and company would have destroyed us in foxboro I can hear their ass hat fans already saying how they own us.
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Originally Posted by BlackAndGold
Shazier is such a freak athlete that he covered up a complete lack of athleticism and playmaking in the middle of the field from anyone else. He is a Troy-like physical talent that makes everyone around him better, and has the defense built around his gifts.
The defense needs to get better and needs play makers in the middle of the field or anywhere they can get them.
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Butler has been a huge disappointment. We all hoped that he would have taken what Lebeau started with and adjusted our coverage scheme and make us more aggressive. Never happened. We still play 10 yard cushions on the corners (even on 3rd and 4!), the D Line seems to be where he expects the sacks to come from (while still only using a 3-4) and the tackling which has been poor for years has gotten even worse. Time to move on. If we stay with a 3-4, I think we need a true NT. I'm sick of hearing how rarely the NT is on the field because of all the packages...bullshit, keep the NT on the field more and take advantage of what he's doing cuz what Butler is doing isn't gonna win anything anyway.
But you don’t know that and even if it was three runs, they didn’t stop Fournette all day, they didnt stop Yeldon and they had no answer for the wheels on Bortles.
I’ll agree though...if there’s someone to blame, it’s Tomlin and his staff for that loss.
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After sleeping on it I realized that Tomlin needs to go. He won one Superbowl with Cowher's players.
And before people go off on how many big games Cowher lost and how long it took him to win a Superbowl ponder this:
Neil O'Donnell, Bubby Brister, Kordell Stewart, Tommy Maddox ...
They were Cowher's starters most of his time coaching. Then comes Ben in 2004 who goes 15-1 his rookie year and loses to Brady and company in the AFCCG. What happens next season, they win the Superbowl. Then Bettis retires and they go 8-8 and Cowher retires. Cowher had great teams that were always missing that key piece of a franchise QB. By time he gets one he's burned out and retires. Does anyone think Belichick would be considered the "coaching genius" if Brady never came along? Look at his record at Cleveland before landing in NE and getting lucky with Brady in the late rounds.
Now imagine if Ben had Cowher not Tomlin as his coach since 2007. Tomlin has sucked almost all of Ben's career and as Cowher's players aged out it's even more obvious.
I'm not asking to bring Cowher back but Tomlin has failed over and over with so much talent it's just sad. His team's consistently play "down" to their opponents and never seem ready to play the games when they count the most.
It's time. Clean the coaching house and bring someone in that can take our great offensive talent and win NOW before they're gone. Look at the Eagles, they rebuilt their defense in less than two seasons. It can be done with the right coaching.
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Well, we are not going to get rid of Tomlin this year, regardless of how terrible he manages games and how many times he can not get his team ready to play the opponent. Maybe we can get a FA Safety or ILB and draft the other to improve those areas. We are close.
One last thought, this is the game where I certainly wish we had Lebaugh . . . his defense is the perfect defense against the Jags, stop the run and zone coverage would have been the best option here. (I am not saying I want him back, just saying, the one time it would have been helpful is this game)
Since this is the angry thread, I'll put this here, get some laughs
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That was therapeutic. Thanks!
My two favorites were Hines Ward for OC and Ben for OC.
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