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What Lynn did to Ken, he has to do the same with Gus. Hold him accountable. Ever since the playoff loss to New England the team's weakness on defense were exposed. Is the saying you cannot have enough pass rushers a myth?
It's well known Bradley prefers not to blitz. The defenses coverage is not the best, but they can do a respectable job. Hayward and Michael Davis aren't that good, but are adequate. Jenkins and Watkins are hot and cold. Covering with linebackers is hard. Perhaps James and Phillips will provide the reinforcement needed in coverage when they return. I see why Gus doesn't blitz too much. The coverage on defense has their troubles. So he keeps his defense honest. The problem with it is the pass rush you need up front. You need all the guys up front, the d-line, to generate pass rush and get it done.
Games are won in the trenches. D-linemen expends more energy hitting or tackling than the offensive linemen do blocking defenders. D-line is the most physically demanding. You need a good rotation and the right players to get things done to keep up success at pass rush. This is what the coaching staff doesn't realize. They depend too much on the usual suspects.
The best pass rushers on the team are Bosa, Ingram, Nwosu, and occasionally Rochell. In fact, that's the best combination on the team's front four. After that who do you have? You need more than that. Especially what I just said above. D-linemen get fatigued and need to go to the bench to get a breather. Further, players get injured. What happens when the guys I mentioned get injured? Who do you have for the edge rushers after the 3 guys I mentioned?
Interior defense is a really big weakness of the team. Tillery isn't quite there, but he's making progress. Sylvester Williams has been good, he's helped the run defense. Justin Jones can be good at run stopping, but his pass rushing is limited. Then you have two veteran guys who are keeping the defense hindered. Mebane and Square. They are the elephant in the room. Don't get me wrong. Not every DT needs to be on Aaron Donald's level. It's a very hard thing to do. But at least having some sort of rusher on the inside would make things easier for the edge rushers and the players on coverage. The flaws at the positions on the D-line prevent the defense from doing so much more.
Because Lynn's insistence on continuity, it looks like he's being too loyal to certain people, whether they be players or coaches. Lynn has shown that he can take the initiative and make changes needed. He cut Lambo when he wanted a change at punter and fired Whisenhunt when looking for new life on offense. Lynn is going to have to show more of those things. If he wants to improve as a head coach and be taken more seriously. He needs to demonstrate stuff like sitting a player who isn't getting things done or providing what the team needs and replacing them with a more deserving player. Not wait until someone gets injured before finally putting in the more deserving player. This can be said for the offensive side of the ball too.
When James and whoever the second person is to come back from IR get activated to the 53 man roster, someone on the roster has to go. It could be a player that you'll be sorry to see go. That, or a player is on the inactive seven.
It's well known Bradley prefers not to blitz. The defenses coverage is not the best, but they can do a respectable job. Hayward and Michael Davis aren't that good, but are adequate. Jenkins and Watkins are hot and cold. Covering with linebackers is hard. Perhaps James and Phillips will provide the reinforcement needed in coverage when they return. I see why Gus doesn't blitz too much. The coverage on defense has their troubles. So he keeps his defense honest. The problem with it is the pass rush you need up front. You need all the guys up front, the d-line, to generate pass rush and get it done.
Games are won in the trenches. D-linemen expends more energy hitting or tackling than the offensive linemen do blocking defenders. D-line is the most physically demanding. You need a good rotation and the right players to get things done to keep up success at pass rush. This is what the coaching staff doesn't realize. They depend too much on the usual suspects.
The best pass rushers on the team are Bosa, Ingram, Nwosu, and occasionally Rochell. In fact, that's the best combination on the team's front four. After that who do you have? You need more than that. Especially what I just said above. D-linemen get fatigued and need to go to the bench to get a breather. Further, players get injured. What happens when the guys I mentioned get injured? Who do you have for the edge rushers after the 3 guys I mentioned?
Interior defense is a really big weakness of the team. Tillery isn't quite there, but he's making progress. Sylvester Williams has been good, he's helped the run defense. Justin Jones can be good at run stopping, but his pass rushing is limited. Then you have two veteran guys who are keeping the defense hindered. Mebane and Square. They are the elephant in the room. Don't get me wrong. Not every DT needs to be on Aaron Donald's level. It's a very hard thing to do. But at least having some sort of rusher on the inside would make things easier for the edge rushers and the players on coverage. The flaws at the positions on the D-line prevent the defense from doing so much more.
Because Lynn's insistence on continuity, it looks like he's being too loyal to certain people, whether they be players or coaches. Lynn has shown that he can take the initiative and make changes needed. He cut Lambo when he wanted a change at punter and fired Whisenhunt when looking for new life on offense. Lynn is going to have to show more of those things. If he wants to improve as a head coach and be taken more seriously. He needs to demonstrate stuff like sitting a player who isn't getting things done or providing what the team needs and replacing them with a more deserving player. Not wait until someone gets injured before finally putting in the more deserving player. This can be said for the offensive side of the ball too.
When James and whoever the second person is to come back from IR get activated to the 53 man roster, someone on the roster has to go. It could be a player that you'll be sorry to see go. That, or a player is on the inactive seven.
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