Courtesy of Ebenezer Samuel
| "Quite frankly, we have called pressures," he said. "Pressures have been aborted or not performed very well. How would you like to be the guy who is sitting there calling pressures? And we call pressures and nothing happens so you're vulnerable in the secondary even more when you do that. You're not getting home. How would you like to be the guy calling those plays?" |
| "When we're calling pressures, take a look and see who's getting home," he said. "You can talk about pressure all you want, but we've got to have people who get to the ball, get to the quarterback. That hasn't happened much." |
| "There's a bunch of guys up front that are supposed to be known for that," he said of his anemic pass rush. "It (quarterback pressure) is something that has been missing for the majority of the season." |
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For some reason, Fewell thinks that having 8 guys (including a DE) hanging out in the backfield is better than pressuring high-quality quarterbacks.
Would you like to play in Fewell's wimpy-ass prevent- defense schemes? Against Dallas we would have been better off letting Romo score on the first play, thereby preserving the final 2.5 minutes for Manning to march down the field and toss a behind-the-receiver, game-ending interception from Dallas' 10-yard line.
Otherwise expect to give up 30 a game. Is your offense capable of averaging 31 a game? If not expect a loss.
It's never coaching or talent. It's a combo of both. both line coaches have coached a big goose egg for several years. I'll give McAdoo a pass for joining this shit show, but Gilbride and Fewell have had systems that only work under perfect conditions. The secondary coach hasn't been anything to write home about in years. Special teams needs not be mentioned. The bottom line is that the coordinators and assistants are really nothing to look at. Yet TC is some genius of a head coach.
Because despite what Colin writes/believes, SOME PERSON makes the final decision as to which rookie to pick in each round and which vet FA to sign. Ross makes the final recommendations as to draftees and Reese makes the final decision.; Resse makes the final decision as to vet FAs.
IMO Tom cannot have it both ways: either Fewell called a terrible series of defensive plays or Fewell called the correct defensive plays but the terrible defensive players furnished by R&R could not implement Fewell's calls. Someone is to blame for the defensive collapse against the Cowboys in the last 3 minutes.