I think the tree is not letting us see the forest. We are complaining about Aaron who is a player that any team in the NFL would want to have and we are not seeing the real problem: The secondary.

This has been our Achilles heel for years, from 4th and 26 to Russell Wilson winning an impossible game heaving the ball towards the endzone. We can't cover.

We haven't had an elite CB for ages, who can we name? Tramon? Shields? When Sherman drafted Ahmad Carroll and Joey Thomas our secondary went back ages, again we've never had good CBs. The lucky rookie season of Casey Hayward was another wound, so many people believed he was good and he was always bad, where is he now?
Now I think Teddy might have gotten a serviceable player in Rollins but I really don't like Randall. Time will tell.

Moving to the safeties, from Darren Sharper we've never had an elite safety nor even a decent one until Nick Collins. We played a whole season with MD Jennings as our best safety!
Losing Collins was a devastating blow. Is Ha Ha the next Ed Reed? It doesn't seem the case.
Morgan Burnett is another hard to explain case, he is not a playmaker and he is not good in coverage, now he plays a LBish role, why do we have it in the formation? Our secondary is so bad, so bad, that Morgan Burnett is allegedly a key component!

For years we've had to endure Brawoh Jue, Jarret Bush, Harris, Carroll, Peprah, MD Jennings, Hayward. Micah Hyde "covering" TEs.

How many times a QB had his best game of the season or his best game of his life against us? How many times McCowns, and Bradfords have looked like Tom Brady playing against us? This is what needs to stop.

Payton Manning on the way to retirement looked like a 25 year old guy against us. He destroyed us, what did he do the rest of the season?

You can argue we've been the top 10 defense against the pass in some years but the reality is that we usually don't play against good QBs, we are even blessed to play Cutler twice a year.

We can discuss all we want about Rodgers but we know what is happening when we face Tom Brady, Carson Palmer or any reasonable QB, we get burned over and over again and we lose.

It's a passing league and we can't stop the pass.

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2016:
Week 1 JX: B.Bortles 320 yards.
Week 2 VK: S.Diggs 182 yards.

2015
Week 3 KC: J.Maclin 141 yards
Week 6 SD: P.Rivers 503 yards, K.Allen 157 yards
Week 8 BR: P.Manning 340 yds, D.Thomas 168 yards
Week 11 VK: K.Rudolph 106 yards.
Week 15 RD: A.Cooper 120 yards.
Week 16 AR: M.Floyd 111 yards.
POFF RD: J.Reed 120 yards.
POFF AR: C.Palmer 349 yards. L.Fitzgerald 176 yards.

2014
Week 4 CH: M.Bennett 114 yards.
Week 7 CA: G.Olsen 105 yards.
Week 8 NO: D.Brees 311 yards
Week 11 PH: M.Sanchez 346 yards, J.Matthews 107 yards
Week 14 AT: M.Ryan 375 yards. J.Jones 259 yards.
POFF SE: D.Baldwin 106 yards.

2013
Week 1 SF: C.Kaepernick 412 yards. A.Boldin 208 yards.
Week 2 WAS: R.Griffin 320 yards. P.Garcon 143 yards.
Week 6 BA: J.Flacco 342 yards, T.Doss 101 yards.
Week 9 CH: B.Marshall 107 yards.
Week 10 PH: R.Cooper 102 yards.
Week 11 NY: V.Cruz 110 yards.
Week 13 DE: M.Stafford 330 yards, C.Johnson 101 yards.
Week 15 DA: T.Romo 358 yards. D.Bryant 153 yards.
Week 16 PI: A.Brown 105 yards.
POFF SF: M.Crabtree 125 yards.

2012
Week 4 NO: D.Brees 446 yards. M.Colston 153 yards.
Week 5 IN: A.Luck 362 yards. R.Wayne 212 yards.
Week 8 JX: B.Gabbert 303 yards. C.Shorts 116 yards.
Week 9 AR: J.Skelton 306 yards
Week 11 DE: C.Johnson 143 yards.
Week 14 DE: C.Johnson 118 yards.
POFF SF: M.Crabtree 119 yards.

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The defense held a division rival to 17 on the road. Even after given shitty field position all day. I'll take that every time.

What we need is a QB who is willing to execute the offense.

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Currently tied for 5th in passes defended and tied for 1st in INTs. Casey was always a good player when healthy, his only problem was his hammys.

I'd say. The defense held Sam Bradford in his first start as a Viking to 17 points without a running game.
Stefon Diggs had 182 yards, how many times a WR got his best performance of the year/century/life against us?
Bradford threw for 286 yards and 2 TDs and it is freaking Sam Bradford and it was his first start with the Vikes.

So do you really want to take that every time?

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Randall is the least of my worries.

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Right, he got two interceptions against Jacksonville and our secondary let Bortles throw for 320 yards.

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Capers doesn't do a great job adjusting mid-game. But he does seem to make the most out of the players available. Our defense, much like last season isn't elite, but it's solid. The more drives you give an offense, especially with excellent field position where they're not afraid to be aggressive with the playcalling (unlike us perpetually starting at our own 5-15 for practically this entire season), the more likely it is that they're going to complete one of those big passes downfield.

We can do better, but it's not as terrible as some people make it out to be. Of all the things to be concerned about, I don't understand why anybody would be focusing on the defense. Offense and punting. Offense and punting. And offense.

Capers doesn't do a great job adjusting mid-game. But he does seem to make the most out of the players available. Our defense, much like last season isn't elite, but it's solid. The more drives you give an offense, especially with excellent field position where they're not afraid to be aggressive with the playcalling (unlike us perpetually starting at our own 5-15 for practically this entire season), the more likely it is that they're going to complete one of those big passes downfield.

We can do better, but it's not as terrible as some people make it out to be. Of all the things to be concerned about, I don't understand why anybody would be focusing on the defense. Offense and punting. Offense and punting. And offense.

Why am I focusing on the defense? Because if you have a great defense you can have Trevor Simian at QB and win, or you can win a SB with Trent Dilfer as your QB.

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I agree in part with Luigis . The Secondary is part of the overall team and has preformed poorly this and the recent past seasons. The other part of the overall team problem is the WRs .

Both have been and still are suffering from a bad case of SLOW ! [mad]

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