It's Talent, Not Coaching.

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Originally Posted by freddyg12

I agree w/the first half of this thread title - there is a lack of talent in many areas on this team. I disagree some w/the second part. The poor tackling has been an issue all year, at some point that falls on the coaches too. GW's & Blache's teams were good tacklers. GW was said to have always stressed that the db's had to tackle well if they wanted to play. The db's tackling has been poor all year. Guys like Hall will tackle well if they're put on the spot, I don't see that happening this year. Yesterday was the worst from the LBs too.

HOw much of it is poor coaching/leadership or just a deflated team morale, I don't know, but I do think the coaching on the defensive side of the ball is not up to par in some areas. I certainly agree though, that Haslett doesn't have the tools to carry out his assignment of a 3-4.

I think I heard yesterday going into yesterday's game we ranked 17th in the NFL with 30 missed tackles, Titans were #1 with 50

When Rocky whiffed on that first drive trying to tackle Jacobs...I had a bad feeling. It was so frustrating to see that performance yesterday almost exactly a year after a game (against the same Giants) that symbolized years of franchise ineptitude, only to see us put up such a sad effort once again. I'd like to think we can't get lower than that, but I thought the same thing in 2009