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Originally Posted by nero THE zero
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.
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I agree. It's only been one game. The only point I was trying to make was that, if I had my druthers, I would prefer that we maybe show a little more in preseason in exchange for beginning to build an identity on defense. I don't think the limited game film created offsets the need to get this defense playing more aggressively and getting used to the type of play Bush wants from them (assuming all of Bush's comments about wanting to be more aggressive are true).
On Saturday, I'm hoping to see a defense that is attacking, aggressive, blitzing, etc. If we are truly going to be that type of defense, let's start building the foundation in actual games, if only preseason games. I don't think it's just a switch you can flip, particularly since the majority of our guys have spent the last 3 years playing "bend, don't break." I was just throwing Rex Ryan out there because he is generally considered to be one of the best and most aggressive defensive masterminds in the league and it sounds like this is his approach as well. Would like to see us emulate it. Hopefully, we will.