28 points should be enough to win, so i don't put much of this on the offense. The only real problem there was that the run game was working, so naturally
we stopped using it.
As for the defense, besides the obvious need for a halfway decent safety, they played fairly well. It's a little tough to hold another team down when they start every drive inside the red zone.
Which leads me to special teams. The entire thing is just awful. Bush sucks there almost as bad as he does on defense. Kapinos is below average, and it's a miracle he didn't get hurt thanks to another boneheaded play by Brad Jones, another guy that has not been impressive. We can't seem to have any kind of return without holding someone. I actually feel like we're really missing Swain right now. That guy was as close to a ST ace as we have on the roster.
If you take away bad special teams play, we win this game 28-10 or 28-17. It would also give our defense the chance to stop a rookie QB by forcing him to move down the entire field instead of 15 yards. Even average special teams play in this one would have made both the offense and defense look better.
As for the defense, besides the obvious need for a halfway decent safety, they played fairly well. It's a little tough to hold another team down when they start every drive inside the red zone.
Which leads me to special teams. The entire thing is just awful. Bush sucks there almost as bad as he does on defense. Kapinos is below average, and it's a miracle he didn't get hurt thanks to another boneheaded play by Brad Jones, another guy that has not been impressive. We can't seem to have any kind of return without holding someone. I actually feel like we're really missing Swain right now. That guy was as close to a ST ace as we have on the roster.
If you take away bad special teams play, we win this game 28-10 or 28-17. It would also give our defense the chance to stop a rookie QB by forcing him to move down the entire field instead of 15 yards. Even average special teams play in this one would have made both the offense and defense look better.
