[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

When I watch Carlos Rogers try to cover, I think that Williams deserves to be in the HoF for holding Tampa to 20 points today. He really is having to compensate for his secondary. When we get in Goalline where he can commit to stopping the run, they look like the last two years Redskins. Between the twenties where he has to worry about big plays, they get gashed. I think he is being forced to play conservative because Springs is the only guy that can cover and he's not 100 percent. Ditto Taylor. He looked like he had the flu or something today. I don't believe that the D-Line is the culprit. Otherwise they wouldn't be capable of goalline stands like they are. I think it's injuries, shoddy play at 2 or 3 critical positions, and scheme.

A typical example to demonstrate of what you speak was the 85 yd. drive in 14 plays that resulted in the TD that bounced off Galloway to Anthony Becht. The only time on that drive we played any D. at all was when TB was 1st and goal inside the two yd. line. We stopped Alstott on 1st & 2nd down forcing the 3rd down throw, which save for luck would have been an incomplete pass forcing a FG atempt as opposed to a TD. During that drive our D was completely gashed.