It's amazing to me how plain it is that we were about to be exposed.
1. 4 games lost on special teams
2. Our secondary and zone coverage scheme gets torched over and over
3. We run on second and long more than 70% of the time (has Pagano left the building)
4. We need to have a very honest conversation about Malik Hooker
5. We dont have a pass rush against good offensive lines
6. JB is not the guy
7. The defense depends on exotic schemes to be successful (EG the Kenny Moore blitz). Take a player or two away due to injury and we simply dont have the personnel to do this.
8. Our offensive line is very good but not some sort of unstoppable juggernaut
9. Opposing defenses know they are facing a preseason roster vs the pass, stack the box and were done.
10. Ebron cant catch unless he's being fed by a fantastic QB. When it's a talent like Matthew Stafford or Jacoby Brisett, well, there is a reason Detroit bailed on him.
I have some optimism, CB has had 3 good drafts, no reason to think he wont have a 4th good draft.
We have to take advantage of all our opportunities, and that includes opportunity presented by our vast amount of cap space.
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** 2017 Premier league champion **
"I want to dominate all my opponents, and take their will away to play the game, by each play, and finishing them past the whistle."
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