Problem with our secondary coaching - or lack thereof

[emperorjones]

You all know me as the resident homer. But I do have issues with the team believe it or not.

My biggest problem is with what we are doing from a coaching standpoint. Lovie seems to be fixated on playing guys that "Make Plays". In that sense to me he is like a fan. We have been rotating players in and out of the secondary like mad over the years, but it has gotten ridiculous recently.

Last year out of know where, Al Afalava, a rookie 6th round pick who missed all of OTAs was thrust into the starting lineup. He started 14 games. This year he's cut. WHAT?!?!?! Let me get this straight - he beats out Josh Bullocks and Craig Steltz to start, but this year he's not even worth coaching? The coaching staff really saw enough of Al A to know that he would not improve? The same coaches that knew he was a starter without even going to OTAs. He made a few picks at the start of training camp last year and they were in love. If Icness doesn't give us the inside scoop and tell us that there was some off the field problem - then this is ridiculous. Daniel Manning on the other hand has stuck around for years being allowed to make mistake after mistake at LCB, RCB, Nickel, FS & now SS.

Now on to Zack Bowman. Tillman, our one reliable CB over the years is demoted to Bowman - why? Because the coaches think Zack makes plays. Now Zack is on the bench for missing a tackle and Jennings is the play maker (even though he only got that fumble because he was late on the play and the hard tackle was only because he was playing so far off he had tons of room to build up speed). So now no more Zack? But is Jennings really better than Zack and was Zack better than Tillman?

So much of "making plays" is the luck of being in the right place at the right time. I like DJ Moore and now the coaching staff loves him because he's "making plays" - but those two interceptions where luck of the draw. I only wonder if he drops them does he get deactivated the next week.

[CjayC]

Let us also not forget Adam Archuleta.

Its like they are scraping the bargain bin for a secondary, when its just plainly obvious they are probably not all that talented maybe outside of Tillman, or physically gifted like Manning without any kind of Football sense to go along with it. Its long needed to be addressed, but I won't expect it to be addressed for another 2 years at least, unless Nnamdi or some corner ends up on the market and the Bears decide to go after him(Wishful thinking).

Now that we actually have a QB worth protecting our concerns should be to fix that offensive line(That line is literally offensive) and you could also say we need to fix the defensive line(Outside of Peppers). THEN we might have the time to actually fix that secondary.

One thing I can give the secondary credit for this season is that they have yet to give up any huge passing plays that put the opponent in position for a TD. That must mean they are playing the system fairly well in terms of that.