....and not being able to hold anybody to 3

they did that at the end of the game

that is a roll of the dice though, and not a sustainable skill

when you give the other team the ball on your side of the 50, the defense is not to blame

Make a ****ing stop against the worst offenses in football is not too much to ask. Fisted 2 weeks in a row.

they made plenty of stops - the texans were dominated

do you not understand the impact turnovers and bullsht penalties have on a game?

3 straight redzone TDs....to Davis Mills. That's a problem...a problem that's happened ALL season

false

Fat Russ and Davis feasted

I don’t think the defense was too bad the last two weeks overall, but red zone D has not been good.

Red zone TDs by opponents (last three weeks):

9 of 12. 75%.

Two of these offenses are allergic to TDs. Wilson threw a TD on all three trips to the red zone. Dude had 8 TDs all year before that game.

It would have been 10/12 if Boyd hadn’t dropped a wide open TD. And that Dunlap play on 4th and short near the goal line….I think we all know we dodged a bullet there.

Sugarcoat it all you want…..TDs in the red zone have been almost automatic this month.

but spags

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I totally agree. The offense won us all 3 playoff games that year. D was fine but man the offense was spectacular. Feels like it was just yesterday:/

Difficult to know where blame lies. You could say it's youth but then it seems it's vets that are playing worst. Could say it's just execution, particularly with tackling, is that a player issue or partly a coaching one? If it's a player one is it a lack of talent and therefore Veach's issue?

If there's a concern with this D I think it's that it doesn't appear to be getting better. Last year it improved dramatically the second half and I think outside of the sane old pass rush issue, Spags and crew did a great job. This year we just haven't seen that switch.

Whatever it is it's ridiculous pretending this defence isn't pretty bad right now.

My biggest complaint with the defense is 3rd & long.

They really need to figure that out.

Comes back to the pass rush. Just not getting pressure.

Defense still sucks . No surprise. We’re stuck with it the rest of the year and all the pressure will be back on Pat in the playoffs to “Make things happen “. Fire Spags next year and bring in Vic Fangio and let him get with Veach to bring in his players.

They held the Texans under 250 yards of total offense.

Stop turning the ****ing ball over.