Ive been kind of silently watching the proceedings here lately, trying to gauge why we had such a precipitous decline in our D this year. Although lack of a pass rush is evident, that has been on a steady downward slope for a while...and im not saying we don't need to turn that around too. But what particularly pains me is our sudden inability to stop the run. Despite the trend toward a passing league and Goodells powderpuff mentality, stopping the run goes toward the heart of intimidation and making the other team one dimensional. Get a little swagger back and suddenly its a lot easier to pin our ears back and go after the QB on obvious passing downs. I think the loss of Foote in the very first game hurt us more than most people here realize. Couple that with a 'quick' NT in the center of our defensive line and we just plain got run up on last year. It was painful to watch. Hopefully we get Foote back again this year so Williams and Spence can develop a little more...and hopefully we spend our first pick on a legit NT. That is my $0.2 worth...
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