Our O Line and D line have been terrible since 2004. Just, freaking, terrible. We have no passrush, we have no passblocking.
Charlie Casserly- I posted this back when they brought Dan Reeves in (who was a horrible consultant). This team drafted horribly (under Casserly) and never signed an impact free agent. The roster last season had 2-14 talent and everyone who thought they would do well with good coaching is wrong. They have good coaching and they still have 2-14 talent. This roster has to be rebuilt. Out of 36+ draft picks there are 2 keepers (prior) to this last draft- Andre Johnson and Duante Robinson. We will wait and see on Kubiak's first draft, but I do like Spencer (hurt), the tight end, and the middle linebacker. We need two defensive tackles, one defensive end, two outside linebackers, at least two more corner backs and another safety. We need 2-3 offensive linemen, a good running back, and I wish we had a different QB- Carr might do better with a new team. After this season he may never recover as a Texan. Dom had to go, but Casserly was a bust after season #1.
This team has no defene. They did nothing over the off-season to make changes. Besides going from the 3-4 to 4-3, but that's it. It's same group of guys who the worst defense last year. Mario is turning out to be a bust. He didn't have a tackle till the 4th quarter yestery. I believe it counted as a 1/2 tackle. This team needs to rehaul it's entire defense. Everyone except Robinson, Peek and Ryans have to go. O-line is terrible as well. EVERYONE on their has to go. When you lose for so long, it's hard to break that habit.
You should have at least combined a few of those. I think it's unfair to vote on a poll in which you see two choices equally as your opinion. I picked one, obviously, but next time combine them, man.
Its the dline and secondary. I think mainly the effort and motivation. If you look at the philly and washington game, we started hot. The offense scored on their first drive and the defense looked strong. They look confident and excited. Then the offense stops producing till the game is put away. THe defense doesnt gives up a big drive and things go downhill for them too. The indy game, they never had a chance to even show their confidence because it was gone right after the game started.
You can't place it all on one bunch. Our defensive line rarely gets a push, our offensive line rarely pass protects, our safeties are almost never anywhere near the ball, Dunta is the only defensive back we have that can cover, our only running back with good field vision is out for the season, and David Carr is too freaked out by having his knuckles on a man's taint to handle the snap properly. Either that, or the center of the week is too freaked out by David Carr having his hands on his taint to snap the ball when he's supposed to.
