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Originally Posted by NBT
BUT......doesn't every team have the same problem with getting the rookies on defense up to speed, and yet both the Jets and the Titans looked in midseason form in their first exhibition game. I am sure it wasn't Frank Bush holding back, so I think it was just Kubiak being careful with that beatup secondary.
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Let's remember a few things here.
1. No one has said that Kubiak has had anything to do with what the defense did or didn't do but you.
2. We haven't actually seen how the defense will play against the Saints, we have only gotten a 3rd hand account of how they're supposed to play.
3. Your assertion that the Jets or Titans' defenses looked stellar while our's didn't isn't held up by fact, considering we held the Cheifs to 3 points with our 1st and 2nd teams, even with Bowe running against our 2nd team.
The defense played very well in the Chiefs' game. There were some mismatches so far as when Haley played his starters as opposed to when Kubiak played his. Nonetheless, we held them to 3 points until the 3rd string came in and held them to 10 points overall.
There are a number of assumptions that could be made, assuming Tillman's account is accurate. Maybe we are keying up the defense to how we would in the regular season; a bit more conservative against inferior offenses and a bit more aggressive against top offenses. Maybe Bush wants to ease the defense into things. Maybe Bush wanted to hold back given the weather conditions. But, I think it'd be safe to hold back on those assumption until after we see how the preseason plays out, much less how the regular season defense plays versus the preseason defense. And, further, it's probably a good idea to hold back on the premature and baseless criticisms of Kubiak here.