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Coff · 10-05-2016, 10:10 AM

Tackling was a lot worse against Cleveland than it was in the first two games; someone pointed out that Cleveland has the top running game in the NFL. That will always make a defense look bad at tackling; a lot of the "missed" tackles are guys desperately throwing their arms out because they're late to the spot and not in position to make the tackle.

I'm not as worried about the tackling as I am about this team's inability to stop third and long. We're making enough tackles on first and second downs to force third and longs, and then we're surrendering 10, 15 yard completions.

10-05-2016, 10:10 AM	#134
Coff Impact Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Halfmoon, NY Posts: 686	Re: The Defense Only Thread Tackling was a lot worse against Cleveland than it was in the first two games; someone pointed out that Cleveland has the top running game in the NFL. That will always make a defense look bad at tackling; a lot of the "missed" tackles are guys desperately throwing their arms out because they're late to the spot and not in position to make the tackle. I'm not as worried about the tackling as I am about this team's inability to stop third and long. We're making enough tackles on first and second downs to force third and longs, and then we're surrendering 10, 15 yard completions.