Defense Is Back, Really!

[saden1]

I love it! 4 field goals. Love the fact that they played the WR's tight. And of course there is Landry, a beast for years to come. Also, you got to love tge coverage sacks and pressure on the QB.

[Beemnseven]

QB pressure was better, coverage was superb for the most part, though Eagles receivers aren't exactly house-hold names.

Believe it or not, the real test for our secondary will come next week against Burress, Toomer, and Shockey. Bad as the G-strings are, they know how to pass the ball.

Westbrook had 17 carries for 96 yards. Not good. Why can't they solve the Westbrook riddle?

Overall though, the D did the job no doubt. But there is a question as to just how good the Eagles really are.

[MTK]

It's a bend but don't break philosophy and it certainly is working so far this year.

[GridIron26]

Defense is back, that is for sure.. But we gotta work on QB pressure tho, once we are able to pressure QB lot of times.. Then we will be one of the best, even possibly in top 3..

[FRPLG]

I f*cking hate this scheme. It is a dangerous scheme and eventually will lose us games. But I guess I have to embrace it is what we are now.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

I f*cking hate this scheme. It is a dangerous scheme and eventually will lose us games. But I guess I have to embrace it is what we are now.

Well it's winning games now, can't argue with that.

After last year's debacle I don't think we can be picky.

[Beat the Cowboys]

I'm so proud of our D!!

[Redskins8588]

8 quarters of football and they only gave up 1 TD!!! If we can keep that up for the year we would have the #1 D, barnone!!!

[dgack]

Secondary coverage was mostly pretty good, and excellent at times, but we really need to run receiving drills with those guys, because it literally seems like our DB's can't catch a ball when it hits them in the numbers.

D-Line was creating a lot of pressure. No major complaints there.

Linebackers were solid, though I think we missed too many tackles. I really have no patience with sloppy tackling. If you get a body on a guy, he needs to come down. Too often in the past, we would grab a guy for a loss or minimal gain and let him bounce it back the other way for a huge gain.

Overall I'm really pleased with the defensive performance tonight. I'd like to see us creating more turnovers (that overruled fumble would have been a great start) but keeping guys out of our end zone is a pretty nice talent, too.

[skinsfaninok]

We are actually getting pressure on the QB!!! If we can only stay healthy this is a playoff type team!

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

You know who really did well tonight? David Macklin. The guy never got beat and, whenever they showed replays, #38 was on his man. Why this guy was inactive last week is perplexing.

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Well it's winning games now, can't argue with that.

After last year's debacle I don't think we can be picky.

I don't mind giving up field goals, as long as we're scoring touchdowns. Also, how great was it to see the dline getting pressure?

[RMSkins]

Defense played extremely well tonight. You have to give it up to them for not giving up a TD. The three sacks were nice, but the only problem I have with the D is the lack of turnovers. If the D can start creating more turnovers they will be a force to be reckoned with.

[JWsleep]

I agree that it'll be a test next week against NY's WRs and TEs, but Philly has the best underneath game in the league, IMO, and our D is not well designed for that. So they did well, given Philly's scheme.

What this D needs is TOs--watching the cowroids, it was like the Fins were trying to throw the ball to the roids DBs--why doesn't that happen to us? Is it our scheme? Bad luck? I think the TOs will come, but that's what this D is missing, and it's a big part of what Williams is trying to do, no doubt.

But only giving up FGs in philly, against MCNabb, who is one of the best red zone QBS--that's big time. To much underneath stuff and runs by Westbrook, but when it mattered, they held up. And they got some pressure and sacks. That's a very encouraging sign.

[JWsleep]

And don't forget, Westbrook is GOOD (much as I hate that fact). He's an all-around player, and he gives everyone fits. Great out of the backfield as a receiver, and great as a cut-back runner. Tough to stop, even if you key on him. Thank god philly has NO WRs!