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Originally Posted by redwagonskins
Brad Johnson picked us apart last year. This year, nothing!
Enough said.
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In all fairness there is some truth to this: It is only one game; the Skins D did not face ANY deep speed; 8 of their starting 11 offensive players were/are over 30 including their QB, their two starting WR's (well until Galloway got hurt) and to two RB's (both coming off injury); their O-Line had only one player from last year's line; their two tackles were both over 32 and one (Steussie) was playing a position he has never played before (RT). This was an old, slow offense. The Skins safeties were able to basically play w/in 15-20 yards of the line of scrimmage. T-Bay's offense is going to be VERY bad this year.
With that said, however, give credit where credit is due: This is the NFL - holding a team to 30 yards rushing, no first downs through 1 1/2 quarters and, essentially, no points (the FG was the direct result of the ST breakdown, not anything TBay's offense did) are things that don't happen every week in the NFL and, when they do, it is generally b/c a bad offense played a good defense.
I think this defense will be VERY VERY good b/c the players who weren't blitzing seemed to be holding their assignments, that, to me, is the key to this type of defense. But, yes. Let's see what do against a team that can actually get the ball deep and/or cause some separation. I expect we will do fine. BTW - that team had better have a defense as fast and stifling as T-Bays because - if we can put up 16 against that defense - we are going to be able to put up a lot more against lesser defenses.