What happened to our aggressive defense?

We lost alot when we lost Bowen, but our defense has played tough without him, Arrington and others. Any word on Griffin for this weekend? He has been a monster on our line and I think we sorely missed him this past weekend.

Bowen is good in run support and I like him, but he blows coverage too often. Unless we get a good pass rushing DE, I think we need a SS who can drop back into coverage and blitz. Williams' system relies on good DBs who are versatile. Even though Clark and Lott provide good depth, I have mixed feelings about whether we need another good SS.

I think we're more than fine at the safety spots for next year. Bowen, Clark, Lott and Taylor is a pretty good group to go with. Just gotta get Bowen and Lott healthy.

I've never liked Bowen. If he can play 1/2 as well as he did against TB against everyone else, he's fine by me!

I didn't see much wrong with Bowen's performance before his injury....I felt he had played rather solid and was stepping up to be team leader on the D. I mean he's not up to superstar status, but he's played well.

I didn't see much wrong with Bowen's performance before his injury....I felt he had played rather solid and was stepping up to be team leader on the D. I mean he's not up to superstar status, but he's played well.

We don't need superstars - we need players who play consistently well and think team first.

More than ever we need soem of that on O. I'm hoping the linemen we picked up in the draft will come through and pressure the veterans for playing time, and we get a WR or 2 to do the same. Apart from QB, those are the 2 units that have dissapointed most on the whole team this year. Next season will be stand up and be counted time.

bowen hits hard, blitzes, and works the run well... he's a great fit for williams system, except that he sucks pretty bad at coverage (against NY he wasn't even close to keeping up), despite that, i think we're better with him than without him... but if a hard hitting SS comes along that can cover as well, i'd take a serious look...