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I won’t rehash what everyone else has said but just some random thoughts: We have way too many guys on this team who are good at many things but not great at any one thing. There are too many “quiet leaders” on defense; there’s no presence or attitude on that side of the ball. I’m not talking performative nonsense but something that says when we’re on d .. you better be strapped up and ready to go because we’re going to make you earn everything. They certainly don’t have an identity or know what they’re trying to be .. though I guess hot mess could be that identity. We lack a man in the middle of the defensive line who can eat blocks, take up space, push the middle of the pocket and allow the linebackers to flow. Is wanting a linebacker who doesn’t over pursue and can step into a ******* hole and bury a guy too much to ask for? New season. Growing pains and all that. Last night was a brutal exhibition of defense in our home opener.

The D was bowling shoe ugly last night and I'm with a lot of the other people saying Younger has just gotten way too cute. It's like he decided at some point that the chess match part of football is the only part - at some point, you have to just let these guys go out and play ball rather than trying so hard to confuse the other team that you confuse yourself. One thing I did notice is that Jenkins (so far) appears to be yet another guy in the long line of "seniority" awards. Reese and Dixon (in limited action) have both looked more noticeable. We really need some impact playmaking linebackers, the ones we have are just there existing, but they don't really bring a whole lot to the table and let's be honest, if their veteran leadership and awareness is leaving them just as confused as every other player on the field then at least get some young hungry guy who is gonna rip a guy's head off instead of whiffing on every tackle (looking at you Kyrie Wilson) Final comment on the D - either our man coverage cushion is by design absolutely WAY too soft, Deatrick Nichols is 100% cooked or maybe both. As for the offense, no complaints whatsoever. Collaros looking like he turned the clock back a few years. Nield looks like a gamer and I'll go ahead and say he's probably our number 1 Canadian receiver at this point ... I'm fine with those four guys and Cobb if that's how they can all play. Who cares about a productive fifth receiver? Hamilton's fifth receiver yesterday was Tyler Ternowski. Not the most important spot. I'm impressed by Condell so far.

D was pathetic. That is all

Last year the right side of our line couldn't pass protect. This year the left side of our line is struggling with assignments in run blocking. Hamilton picked up on Bryant cheating up to 2nd level on inside zone. We don't really run wide zone much, so the inside zone is our bread and butter. Hamilton blitzed very effectively to capitalize on Bryant's assignment weakness. We need to secure first level, the first 3-4 yards, before we're chasing guys 8-10 yards down field on play side. No one is practicing full contact after high school. Even high school it's basically summer camp and once you're playing games practices are light contact. Practice is basically about game planning.

Just got back from the game. I can almost live with a sputtering offense. But watching that defense was painful for me. Crazy that we thought they would be the strong part of our team this year. Putrid.

Absolutely embarrassing showing by the D. Our secondary can’t stop a thing.

Zach on his game tonight, man, did we ever miss a proper OC.

J.Smith should start at one of the linebacker spots when healthy and Shay should get reps. If Shay is a bigger liability than Kelly who gets reps then we ****** up on that pick.

The turning point was the INT by Collaros (which was a horrible decision on his part. Like shockingly bad). I'm not saying Collaros is the reason we lost, but when your D can't stop anything or anyone, you just can't afford a turnover in scoring position. Our O did play well enough for us to win. Our D would have lost the game to some U sports teams. No run defense, couldn't stop the same damn thing over and over and over. Hamiltons passing game consisted of running to the sticks and turning around, and waiting for one v one on the outside and letting the Rec play fetch. Maybe the worst pass defense I've seen in 10+ years. It was embarrassing. No one seemed to know what was happening multiple times and the DL wasn't relevant at all because it was 4 vs 6 basically all night. As others have said, our LBs are essentially pathetic. Jones/Wilson can't tackle in open space and can barely tackle with help. Jones is awful in pass coverage but he's trotted out there time and time again in those situations. Milanovach made JY his ***** and completely exposed his defense all night.

Had to read that twice.

The PI/non-PI calls in this game were a huge turning point. Even with no D, Castillo makes his kicks and the refs don't smoke crack pre-game and it's basically a tied game.

They overturn that and a corner disrupting Wilson's route that leads to a INT in the endzone isn't PI. WTF

In what f*cking world was that a low block? it was waist high!

Moxey has not impressed so far

Nield is gonna be a good replacement for woogie.

Strev is still a beaut...... GO BLUE

To be fair that was pi there, refs just change the rules from play to play cuz if that’s not pi how is Williams on lawler. Where is this eye in the sky for late hits on star QBs. They call down cuz bombers are 2 feet short but low hit on QB, nah. It’s just a guessing game. Rule changes are fine. Inconsistent dumb refs tho? That’s this leagues biggest problem and has been for years. Play to play you really aren’t sure what is and what isn’t gonna be called.

And unacceptable if you have high expectations of our defense. And another example of MOS needing to be better with his challenge flag in how he uses it and what he focusses on.

who doesn’t?

Kramdi is the guy out there directing the D. Essentially it appears he’s the Bighill of the D. It was him telling guys where to line up when they look confused. Perhaps having him closer to the LOS would help. Just looks like lots of confusion on D, guys visibly looking like they aren’t sure of their assignments or guys defending routes that aren’t being run. My guess, it’s a bit 2 complicated and JY needs to Keep it simple stupid. But what killed us in the end wasn’t Bo and the passing game. Dude threw for 287 ish? Had like 4 explosion plays really. But what killed us was we couldn’t stop the run. Guys couldn’t tackle. If dudes made tackles at first contact lots of times those drives probably die but Kyrie jones etc were just getting owned. Fletcher appeared to be over matched significantly on the DL. Ceresna gets 3 sacks all on the inside last week. Let’s move him outside. Someone said it best maybe it was @JohnnyAbonny but I feel JY would also put Wayne Gretzky in net.

Tackling is dirty hard work. Execution of tackling is a big indicator of discipline and motor. When its sharp, you see defenders gang tackling and holding guys up while others go for hits instead of trying for hits off the bat. Its the canary in the coalmine of every D. Its hard to be keyed up physically to be relentless and physical on D, when you don't have high energy/physical practices. 100%. I think JSK would've been a great fit in every way, if he was physically up to snuff. When you see this, what is almost always happening (with a vet) is they are not in position to turn their head and look. Its US football obviously, but here is a pretty good video breaking this down.

We lost on the Doink and the pick in the endzone. Those 2 plays cost us 6 points with a good chance at 10.

Disagree. Our O played well. Our D couldn’t make a stop and l think Score reflects that. How many times did we punt? 2 good O vs 2 bad D. Ours a little worse. Zach put up 421 yards passing. Bo Did not.

The Offence has been good enough to win, but could not compensate for a pathetic defence.

I'll say it again..its too much player movement.. position swapping and rotation..

Settle for FG but Nield should of caught that

At half time the ticats 2nd down conversion rate was just under 75%. That's absurd.

Tackling has become an epidemic on D. The % of play stops in the form of tackles at the 2nd and 3rd level is sickening.

Kind of felt like a weird game all around. Collaros played really well but they couldn't get Brady going at all on the ground. Leaving 11 points in the red zone was effectively the difference in the game. Those two long pauses in the first half (Peters going down, who sounds like he is doing alright, and the Incomplete, Challenge, Challenge sequence) seemed to suck the energy out of the offense. On defense it never felt like they could actually stop anything. It felt like Roundtree was getting them 2nd and medium consistently and then Bo would find someone underneath for the first down. Those two long Wheatfall receptions seemed like they were pretty well defended Moxey just couldn't get a hand in there. I'm disappointed that the West side upper deck seemed to run out of popcorn by the third quarter.

We go through some version of this with JY every year too. His secondary is a mess for the first month or so of every year. People quickly forget that the rush 3 drop the rest thing came from us being awful at everything on D. The first month ish of 24, the side with Kramdi and ford couldn't cover a bed with all the blankets in the world. Going back to Hall, our secondary's panic button is deep soft zone. Generally, in the split field zone base our secondary runs the Corner is supposed to play short and out routes seeking to get under coverage and the Half carries the Deep target to the deep zone defender or they are the deep man. In both games, even the vets are struggling mightily with execution on who is picking up what. That's all why we are constantly replacing corners, while we are married to the hbs. The Halfs either carry and pass off or get deep enough that they generally are able to be more consistent. Jy has definitely been too cute with play call and design this year. I really like the guy as a coach, but he is trying to do way too much and be way too complex. Every year he tries to reinvent the wheel instead of building on whats worked.

Couldnt stop the run or the pass. Pathetic showing.

I guess I wasn't clear. Id much rather see a team where the offense is sputtering and the defense is getting the ball back over and over. It was more of a hypothetical. I agree our offense has been very good

Just kidding

You can't play any version of man coverage with the level of cushion we're giving the slots on the same side of the field as Lawler. They are just working those matchups for 4 quarters over and over again.

JY needs to go back to the drawing board.

Can’t think of a single bright spot on the D tonight. Absolutely awful game through and through.

Tried to be positive.....but this defence has been terrible 6 of 8 quarters this year....like really, really bad Bad against the pass, bad against the run

Mitchell is dissecting this secondary. Same problems as last year. Cant stop a second and long. Our dbs are two steps behind the receivers always.

Every one of these long TiCat drives reduces the time the Bombers (theoretically) have to catch up.

Is somebody injured? Why is Kelly always on the field?

Need a td drive here to turn this around

Nice throw better catch knowing you are going to get wacked

And no Kelly

The RTP is almost the most obvious aspect of that entire play. You can't hit a QB low. **** that's a vicious hit on Collaros.

But still put up almost 700 yards as a 3rd option..and basically a rookie..talk about giving up on talent while holding onto old decaying players and slugs who can't contribute

When bodies collide I'm surprised there's not more serious injuries. Hopefully it's precaution and Peters is fine.

Fine with what he did there. Take the contact to the torso, not the head. Get down = make yourself a target for the headshot + 15 yards.

Perkins is damn good on short yardage