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And then, listen, every time they drop back to throw the football, we’re trying to affect the quarterback,” Spagnuolo said. “It doesn’t have to be a sack, I say this all the time, everybody gets wrapped up in numbers and that’s the big number, but it’s more than that. It’s how we affect the quarterback.
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I’m a team player, I’m not about to go out of the gameplan to make a play. You see a lot of that stuff in football today. You’ve got guys that want to be ‘the show.’ They want that sack so bad that they’re chasing sacks. They’re doing stuff like that and they see it affect their team. That’s one thing that I pride myself on being is a team player. The team first before Frank. I’ve gotten to where I am today by being a great teammate, not being a great individual player — to keep it real.”
Originally Posted by Boxer_Chief:
I truly believe many people on this board don’t watch any other NFL games. There’s no such thing as a lock down defense. Good defense means holding the other team under 24.
Especially when you adjust for our offense’s scoring.
Now with that said, we will certainly need more production from our DL at some point in the playoffs. [Reply]
People who say the defense hasn’t played “good” are the ones that expect us to shutout opponents. They’re also the ones that bitch when we aren’t blowing out teams by 50 points with our offense.
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
People who say the defense hasn’t played “good” are the ones that expect us to shutout opponents. They’re also the ones that bitch when we aren’t blowing out teams by 50 points with our offense.
Originally Posted by TRR:
No need to adjust the definition. They are mediocre/middle of the road in nearly every statistical category.
You simply can’t watch this defense, and it’s lack of competence in even the minor details, and state they are good.
Top ten unit in the only fucking defensive stat that matters. Points allowed. So yeah, in the grand scheme of WINNING FOOTBALL GAMES, the Chiefs defense is good.
A unit that Is opposite the best qb on the planet is most games, gonna spend a lot of time on the field because we score a shit ton of points.
Not everyone can field a Pitt defense first in every category because the play absolutely nobody.
Now to the topic, Frank was brought here to sack quarterbacks. Period. Hey Spags, you know what really affects quarterbacks?
Sacking them.
If our defensive scheme is somehow built on an idea that sacking the qb would somehow require freelancing and not being a team player, then the scheme needs some serious change, because thats absolutely asinine.
It really "affected" Derek Carr, and Teddy Bridgewater, let me tell you. If by affected you mean made them look like first team all pro.
Chris Jones religiously gets doubled. SOMEONE on that line has to be able to win1v1. Hasnt been happening, and needs to change.
I know tbe Kansas City Chiefs did not trade a first round pick, and pay 20+ million per year to watch Frank's halfass spin moves failing, and him getting bounced out of the club every play.
Its a what have you done for me lately league. Your monster postseason last year means nothing in these games you are playing now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Wallcrawler:
Top ten unit in the only fucking defensive stat that matters. Points allowed. So yeah, in the grand scheme of WINNING FOOTBALL GAMES, the Chiefs defense is good.
A unit that Is opposite the best qb on the planet is most games, gonna spend a lot of time on the field because we score a shit ton of points.
Not everyone can field a Pitt defense first in every category because the play absolutely nobody.
Now to the topic, Frank was brought here to sack quarterbacks. Period. Hey Spags, you know what really affects quarterbacks?
Sacking them.
If our defensive scheme is somehow built on an idea that sacking the qb would somehow require freelancing and not being a team player, then the scheme needs some serious change, because thats absolutely asinine.
It really "affected" Derek Carr, and Teddy Bridgewater, let me tell you. If by affected you mean made them look like first team all pro.
Chris Jones religiously gets doubled. SOMEONE on that line has to be able to win1v1. Hasnt been happening, and needs to change.
I know tbe Kansas City Chiefs did not trade a first round pick, and pay 20+ million per year to watch Frank's halfass spin moves failing, and him getting bounced out of the club every play.
Its a what have you done for me lately league. Your monster postseason last year means nothing in these games you are playing now.
Top 6 and pretty much the same PPG as the Steelers when facing comparable level offenses. They have face FAR worse offenses by a country mile [Reply]
I have always said a great offense will get 28 per game. A sold defense holds teams to 21. We have done pretty good despite Clark having a poor November. [Reply]