I'm sure everyone is going to go on and on about the defense and fire Capers and our defense stinks all week. It's total over reaction IMO. Obviously they underwhelmed in the second half and had a let down but one bad performance in the second half doesn't make them Jeckyll and Hyde after the last month of play.
No "Fire Capers" talk from me. He has been able to make useful adjustments this year to the nagging ILB issue because we are pretty healthy this year. (Of course it did take him quite some time to realize that Hawk is a liability)
But the D is not one you can have faith in. One week they can look great against the best team in the AFC. The next week an "also ran" from the
NFC South can hang 37 on them.
Just sayin...
The Pack are without a doubt playoff material and on any given day can beat anyone, and I mean
anyone.
The problem is, you just never can know which Defense will show.
I'll let others more knowledgeable than I talk about what the match-up problems are for this D that allow them to do great against a team like the Pats or the Eagles, then become a piece of Swiss cheese against a mediocre team from the NFC South.
Is it scheme or is it personnel?
Next week it's the Bills in their house after a short week.
They have a pretty stout defense over there and we may not be able to hang 43 on them.