Have to SERIOUSLY re-build O line or you are wasting their talent and throwing salary cap down the drain. And I’m not talking about 3rd or 4th rounders. Go sign the best RT in free agency. Draft a stud center in 2nd round.
I can’t watch Andre James get rag-dolled any more. He’s a backup. So is Van Rouen and Eluemunor
If we played more press man, the d-line would be more effective, even with the same CBs. Our biggest problem is that the pass rush gets there about .25 seconds or less too late, because we’re not disrupting the receivers enough at the line. We’ve had zone heavy defensive coordinators since Crosby got there, and it has hindered his production.
O-line, man heavy defensive coordinator, DTs, then you go after CBs in the same year if you have cap space and/or draft picks available to do so.
The pass rush would also get there faster if Crosby wasn’t the only one on the line worthy of being a starter
True, but the vast majority of sacks on any team are because the QB can’t get rid of the ball immediately after the snap. I agree we need DTs before we need CB broadly, and that they feed each other…which is why I listed a defensive coordinator change before each. The bigger reason for our pass rush ineffectiveness than bad corner play or 2nd string DTs as starters, is HOW they are being told to play. We will have a blitz coming and the secondary in zone…makes zero sense in most cases because the QB can just dump it.