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Both LBs were HORRENDOUS yesterday. And when you couple that with poor play in the secondary, then entire back end are an absolute mess right now. It is so frustrating. For years, we had one of the best secondaries in the league and were searching for the pass rush to compliment that and help those guys. Now, we finally are putting things together up front and the ILBs and secondary are a mess. We just can't ever seem to marry the units together. Just aggravating. And the problem is more of a talent issue than anything else. We have guys that don't understand where they need to be and are just out of position constantly. They are showing no signs of improvement. And it's not like you can just go out and get guys that fit the system in the middle of the season. We're stuck in a lot of ways and it feels like this might just be another wasted year of Allen's prime while we wait for the chance to potentially improve in the offseason.

Just a nasty injury to Thornton there. Hill will be a Chief again sooner than later now, if he wasn't already heading there.

It's a bad loss, but Maye isn't going to be playing our awful defense every week. If we had a league average defense, this game isn't close, but we don't. We are a bottom of the league defense and the Pats* are going to play plenty of teams that are at least competent on that side of the ball. They aren't going to go on some magical run unless they start playing a ton of backup QBs like last season. They will get their share of losses. Unlike the narrative that will be going around this week, I will be waiting a few more weeks before saying that this was a "get right" game for their team. Let's see what happens when they have to play defenses that know what they are doing out there.

I am one of his biggest critics. But he balled out today and that's not lost on me regardless of the outcome of this game. If at the end of the season we look back at this crappy loss as something that we have to potentially overcome for some reason, but it turns out this is the game we can point to where you see the light come on for Coleman and this game is the turning point of his career, then this game will not be remembered as all bad. So yeah.....props to Keon and I think we can all hope and pray he builds on this performance going forward. That said, on the other side of things, I am done with Palmer. Yes, he's a vet. Yes, he caught a couple of wide open TDs in the first couple weeks of the season. But he has done nothing outside of those catches to deserve a jersey. I am ready to see what Bell can do in his spot. I mean, with Moore likely down next week more than likely, and maybe even longer, Bell should get a look anyway, but I want to actually see him get a real chance with the offense.

This loss is maddening on a lot of levels. And I hate to look ahead so early. But man, I am really worried about what this secondary is going to look like against the Rams next week. I mean, we couldn't stop Mack Hollins and some dude named Efton Chism. What is this secondary going to look like against Stafford, Nakua, Adams, and their giant TEs? It could be a bloodbath next week. Leonhard has some soul searching to do because if we use the same game plan we have for the first 4 weeks of this season, we might give up 50+.

He can't, but it should have never gotten to that point. JUST MAKE 1 STOP ON DEFENSE!

Whelp..... this game summary is pretty simple. We got out-coached on both sides of the ball. And with all that happened in this game, we had the lead needing 1 stop on defense and couldn't get it, AGAIN.......... Just a pathetic game plan.

Another game where Allen gives you a lead and the defense needs 1 stop and they can't get it. Now, if Allen fails to win this game, the narrative will be how he can't get it done whereas if the defense could have just gotten a stop, the game would have been over. It just stinks to have to keep doing this.

I've never seen a team give up more 1 handed spectacular catches........

We just keep banging our heads against the wall with the zone defense. I know we are shorthanded at CB, but what we are doing isn't working. Send the house on the next 3 plays. If they beat you, so be it. At least the offense gets the ball back with more time on the clock. But playing coverage is not working.

I just can't see this defense making 4 plays in a row. They haven't done it all season and they really haven't done it in this game.

We are the only defense that lets Maye sit back there and have all the time in the world on the most important downs.

This defense can't stop a nosebleed.....

Our 2 point conversion plays stink...... I can't believe we have to rely on this defense to close this out. UGH....

This might be the game where the light came on.......