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For the life of me I can't understand everybody praising Ryan's defense. We sucked last year against the run just like this year. IMO he was an overrated big mouth.
This team played tough all year under Ryan. we are swiss cheese this year. had we kept Ryan i think we attract more free agents who want to play for him. This team was not a sloppy joke last year. this year with a cream cheese schedule we have 3 wins vs teams that collectively over half way through the season have 4 wins. woo hoo.
Can you with a straight face not say we would have been much improved had the coaching staff remained intact one last year instead of starting over with yet another rookie HC? If the answer is NO there really is no reason to respond because i would doubt your sanity.
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Yes we would have been better. If for no other reason because we would have had the same scheme and no offseason wouldn't have hurt near as much.
I don't see much of a change in the defense.. our defense is good enough to keep us in most games but not good enough to dominate and get us wins without some help.. just like they were last year...
I think Jauron has enough of a name recognition with Ryan that attracting free agents isn't much of an issue... and Ryan was outspoken about the fact that he thought he was head coaching material and he was actively promoting himself in that direction, if he was here this year and even if we looked good, if he had anything to say about it, it would have been his last year here anyway.
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This team played tough all year under Ryan. we are swiss cheese this year.
I liked Ryan and I liked his style. I expected a huge dropoff on defense this year when we switched schemes to a 4-3 under Jauron. I have been impressed with how he has held together the defense despite the quick turnaround on schemes.
And, I do not see by what measure the defense is worse this year than last. Yes, we may fade down the stretch with a tougher schedule, but thus far our defense has been superiour to last year's squad.
2010
20.8pts/game (tied #12 in NFL)
350yds/game (#22 in NFL)
5.4yds/play (tied #18 in NFL)
43% 3rd down stop % (4way-tie at #28 in NFL - only NE worse)
2011
20.3pts/game (#11 in NFL)
306yds/game (#6 in NFL)
5.0yds/play (#7 in NFL)
38% 3rd down stop % (tied #15 in NFL)
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I assume a large percentage of people remember us beating NO and NE practically by defense alone... And forget that after the Jets game when Fujita went down, or D went to crap...
*cough* MJD 75 Yard screen pass *cough*
Am I the only one that pronounces hyperbole "Hyper-bowl" instead of "hy-per-bo-le"?
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Number of backup QBs appearing in games against us because of injury:
2010: Can't remember any
2011: 4, so far.
Number of games vs division foes so far in 2011: 1
Wonder how this competition will wind up by year's end?
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
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Wonder how this competition will wind up by year's end?
It's really hard to judge how good our defense is when other teams don't feel that urgent need to score points. I'm not saying they aren't try to score but if you know that if you can get to 17 or 20 and not make any mistakes that you are going to win.. there is no real need to take a lot of risks to try to open it up...
What I do seem to remember from last year AND this year is that most of the time, when we needed a quick stop to get the ball back or a stop to preserve a win, we really struggled to get it.
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Number of backup QBs appearing in games against us because of injury:
2010: Can't remember any
2011: 4, so far.
Number of games vs division foes so far in 2011: 1
Wonder how this competition will wind up by year's end?
But, how is that Colt's fault? Isn't everything Colt's fault? According to most of your posts it is. 
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The original post was about our defense, wasn't it?
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What I do seem to remember from last year AND this year is that most of the time, when we needed a quick stop to get the ball back or a stop to preserve a win, we really struggled to get it.
I also remember that 3rd and long was an almost lock for the opposition to convert. At times, I'd rather see 3rd & short. This year seems to show a continuation of that trend. 3rd & 24? a one-juke cutback, and a run that gashes us for 25 yards. Sheesh. 
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It also seems if we get a holding call or something on 1st and 10, we give up a very easy 12 yards on the next play so the team has a manageable 2nd and 8.. or if we get a sack on 1st down to get a 2nd and 16 we do the same thing, we give up 12 yards on the next play for 3rd and 4...
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What I do seem to remember from last year AND this year is that most of the time, when we needed a quick stop to get the ball back or a stop to preserve a win, we really struggled to get it.
I also remember that 3rd and long was an almost lock for the opposition to convert. At times, I'd rather see 3rd & short. This year seems to show a continuation of that trend. 3rd & 24? a one-juke cutback, and a run that gashes us for 25 yards. Sheesh.
that's one of the reasons I put our 3rd down % in that list. we are doing better at stopping on 3rd down this year at least. still not good though.
i hope it continues through the season.
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This team played tough all year under Ryan. we are swiss cheese this year.
I liked Ryan and I liked his style. I expected a huge dropoff on defense this year when we switched schemes to a 4-3 under Jauron. I have been impressed with how he has held together the defense despite the quick turnaround on schemes.
And, I do not see by what measure the defense is worse this year than last. Yes, we may fade down the stretch with a tougher schedule, but thus far our defense has been superiour to last year's squad.
2010
20.8pts/game (tied #12 in NFL)
350yds/game (#22 in NFL)
5.4yds/play (tied #18 in NFL)
43% 3rd down stop % (4way-tie at #28 in NFL - only NE worse)
2011
20.3pts/game (#11 in NFL)
306yds/game (#6 in NFL)
5.0yds/play (#7 in NFL)
38% 3rd down stop % (tied #15 in NFL)
Curious question: which team has the better pass rush? You would think Ryan's defense would since they blitz a LOT, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was the opposite.
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Curious question: which team has the better pass rush? You would think Ryan's defense would since they blitz a LOT, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was the opposite.
We averaged about 1.8 sacks per game last year and we are averaging 2.1 per game this year. Obviously there is a lot that goes into defining a good pass rush other than just the sack total, but that is one measure.
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Yea disruptions/QB hits play into it as well, but usually sacks are the stat that matter because that means the pass rush completed what it set out to do, take the QB to the turf  I thought our pass rush was looking promising last year but who can tell me how many times we'd get guys close only for QB's to nail a 15+ yarder at the last second? sure he might have hit the ground right after but usually you can shake off the hit if you got a big play out of it.
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Yea disruptions/QB hits play into it as well, but usually sacks are the stat that matter because that means the pass rush completed what it set out to do, take the QB to the turf
It's more than that, it's how many passing situations do you put them in? If you can't stop the run then that slows down your pass rush. Throwing from 3rd and 2 is easier than throwing from 3rd and 8... All of that has a direct or indirect effect on your sack total and the overall effectiveness of your pass rush.
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Absolutely. With defense it's important to look at the aggregate sum of run and pass plays. I do think our pass rush has improved this year though adding sheard and taylor. The number of 3rd and a miles being converted don't feel as blatant as in years past (ask me again after we play Pitt tho...) But our run defense is so porous the number of 3rd and longs we have a chance to stop aren't many
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