Post#29 » by Flaming Mo » Wed Dec 8, 2010 12:53 pm
The problem isnt that we got blown out but against whom it happened. It seems crystal clear that the road to the Super Bowl will go through NE and so far nobody has shown that they can really shut down or limit their new scheme with all those underneath receivers and two TE sets. Pittsburgh's great defense also looked terrible against those Pats a couple of weeks ago.
Now here is how I see it, we certainly have the quality in the secondary to match up with the Pats but we dont have the pass rush or talent upfront. We cant get pressure without sending more than six players on a blitz. Pittsburgh on the other hand has a great front seven with big time pass rushers but they have terrible corners who cant stay with anybody for long (except for Ike Taylor).
Now we wont have new personnel for the playoffs but Rex has to scheme around his lack of defensive speed and talent. Have more guys standing up, use different blitzes, use Revis differently... whatever. Thats what he's paid for and him being a defensive genius, there is no way in hell something like MNF should happen. I hope he can roll something out the next time we face these guys, if we do...
The matchups with Baltimore or Pittsburgh dont really scare me. We can stop their run and their offenses arent close to being as precise and well schemed as NE. We atleast will be able to hang with these guys. But NE was in a different stratosphere yesterday.
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies...