Allen2Moulds

This same Texans defense held Josh to 9 for 30 last year. The only reason I don't agree, is because of Allen. I don't expect the oline to have another game like this one. That being said, it really sucks watching this team right now. They are painful to watch, at least every other week.

1. Horrible soft defense in the 1st half. To allow a struggling Texans offense to score 20 in the 1st half is inexcusable. 2. The offensive line played its worst game by far. Spencer Brown should of taken himself out a lot sooner. He really hurt the line the most. As soon as he took himself out, things improved quite a bit, but the damage was done. 3. Bernard had no business being out there. He should of dressed and played in emergency situations only. 4. Season is not over, even though it feels that way now. Maybe we need to be the underdog, since we obviously struggle as the league darling.

The safety faked towards Knox, and baited Allen into the throw. It was a great play by the defender, and given all the sacks tonight, Josh rushed it.

This soft zone vanilla defense is horrendous. Someone please make it stop.

Brady needs to delete that stupid WR screen play. It works once out of every 5 times, not a good ratio.

Honestly, he's starting to stack up so many good plays, that you start to miss some.

Sorry, I don't mean to rain on the parade, but the Bucs have a horrible coverage unit. I live in Tampa and watched the game with local diehard friends, and it's a known weakness on the team. Not saying we still can't be encouraged by some things, but I would temper expectations a little bit, unless we see it again Thurs.

For me it's simple and comes down to 2 things. 1. I need to erase that 9 for 30 performance. 2. Show me this offense, specifically the passing offense can get it done against an elite defense, and it will go a long way for my psyche, as it relates to Superbowl aspirations for this year.

As always, great writeup. I really appreciate your thoughts on the game, as you hit on all the key things. On the coaching thing, I couldn't help but think to myself, who is calling this defense? I know they showed McD with a playsheet, but Bobby is still in the booth, and I'm thinking that at the moment, both are involved. I would love to see Bobby on the sideline and erase all doubt. To me, the defensive calls felt a lot more like the 1st half against Atlanta. Specifically remember a 3rd and 12, where we chose to sit back and play soft coverage, and allow the conversion. It was a very vanilla look, no disguise, no pressure. I thought to myself, was that McD? McD is typically more aggressive in those situations. I don't think we'll ever truly know. They'll likely continue to say that it's a collaborate effort between the 2. As for the run D, it always starts with the D-line, but Bernard playing with a bad wheel, and both Milano, and Poyer not having any wheels at this point, all contributes. I was really surprised that Shaq Thompson was a full go at practice and was then inactive. I'm wondering if that has to do with the short turnaround, and Bernard already being banged up. Maybe McD sits Bernard this week, and gives him a full 2 weeks to rest that ankle. I would love to see a lot more of Shaq and Dorian. If Bernard could get fully Healthy, Ideally, I would like to see Shaq and Bernard, assuming Shaq is able to play Milano's WLB role.

No disagreement there. That's always been the biggest difference between Bernard over Tremaine.

As soon as Shaq is back, Bernard needs to sit and get healthy. I have to imagine he's playing hurt, with as slow as he looked.

He seems to be playing with a flat tire. Whatever injury he's been dealing with is obviously still there. Rewatch him trying to stop Baker on a few of the scrambles. He was in a perfect position, but couldn't catch up to Baker. Shaq needs to be in there when healthy.

This is 100% how I feel. Allen and the offense really feed off those big plays. Without them, it seems like Allen is dying a slow death.

I'm sorry, but Bernard looked awful to me. I think he's playing with a flat tire. Several times he had the jump on Baker, and Baksr easily outran him. Baker Mayfield is far from fast.

Bernard was god awful today, and has been bad must of the year. Coming from a guy that really liked Bernard coming into the season. He's definitely playing hurt. He should not be losing a foot race to Baker. How are you going to keep up with backs and TEs.