The Defense

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Nice to see Fokou filling Bradley's job of slowly chasing the opposing TE.

[Feva]

Joe Webb, son. A WR coming into camp this year... Why even bother to send the defense out there??

[QB Eagles]

The defensive personnel are just awful. They were already green to start the season and since then they've been decimated by injuries. I'm skeptical of McDermott but I don't know that Buddy would have known what to do with this crew.

[Don Ho]

Good point.  This team is going no where with this defense.

[phillymic2000]

Jim Johnson's corpse would do a better job then the joke of a "coach" we have now.

[SD]

McDermott is horrendus. I'm not saying there's a whole lot of talent on the D but there should be enough to be average. They're bottom 10 right now regardless of what any stats say.

[MDS]

they are starting 2 different 7th round picks. and how is juqua parker still in the league? wasnt he old like 5 years ago? i thought for the longest time him and darwin walker were the same person.

[Don Ho]

SD said it on the Defense thread, this was Parkers worse game ever.  He looked like he was going half speed all game.

[ice grillin you]

McDermott is horrendus. I'm not saying there's a whole lot of talent on the D but there should be enough to be average. They're bottom 10 right now regardless of what any stats say.

there really isnt...im not trying to defend mcdermott because ill be honest i really dont know how good a coordinator he is....but i do know that the defense has at least bottom ten talent....if not worse

kurt coleman is a complete travesty....the fact that he is their 3rd safety says all you need to know about the talent level on the d....his refusal to hold the edge and the angle he took on the late ap run was a cuttable offense

[phillymic2000]

Yeah, but how many long runs did he save when he slowed or took AP down.

[ice grillin you]

none

[TexasEagle]

im not trying to defend mcdermott because ill be honest i really dont know how good a coordinator he is....

Yeah... he's farging awful. They need a new D coordinator next year (and some new personnel all over the place). They aren't winning shtein with this defense, especially with McDermott's head up his ass.

[ice grillin you]

what has he done thats makes him awful....im not trying to be smart...im honestly asking because i dont see anything scheme wise that is so terrible (or so good)...what i see is a severe lack of talent at almost every position

[TexasEagle]

His schemes are bad for the teams/ offenses he faces. He has no idea how to adjust and when he does it's too late. The blitzes are ultra transparent (giving the line & qb time to pick them up and hit hot reads or shift protection). He keeps the corners playing 5-10 yards off the receivers almost the entire game (still don't understand that). He doesn't double up the problematic WRs enough if at all...

Honestly, he's just not very good right now. He lucked into the job in the worst possible way and he's being exposed on a regular basis. I've literally lost count of the length of the field scoring drives the other teams have gotten this year. The Red Zone D doesn't even exist. It's like once the other team passes mid-field McDermott has no idea what to do scheme wise and goes into a coaching shell.

[Dillen]

...what i see is a severe lack of talent at almost every position

Yep. There's only two guys (Cole and Asante, maybe 3, up for debate who the 3rd is) that would be starting on almost any team. Everyone else is a filler or hole. Almost every starter could be considered serviceable or good enough, but when the ENTIRE defense is filled with dudes who would be grabbin bench on most teams... no.

That and combine a defensive coordinator who apparently doesn't do a good job (I don't really know either), you'll be giving up crucial TD drives to Joe Webb.