The defense, despite injuries to Watts and Cook, is a major catalyst as why the game was lost. We played one solid quarter of defense. We can’t stop dick on 3rd down. Our pass rush is nonexistent unless we blitz, tackling is still a major issue, and frankly we’re a dumb defensive unit. Of the 14 penalties that were called on us, 3 were offensive penalties? We can’t cover anybody down the field without interference, or at least make enough contact to draw an iffy flag.
When we made it 31-17 with 3:30 minutes left in he first half, they went 85 yds on 4 plays in roughly 1 minute. It consisted of a 23 yd completion, a 53 yd run (where instead tackling the guy we’re running with him the last 20 yds trying to dislodge the ball), a PI that sets them up at the 2yd line, ending with a walk in 2 yd TD.
Look, I get that the offense was atrocious in the second half. No argument here, but the defense was at the very least, equally as bad throughout the entire game.