McDermott: Starting Fokou An Attempt To Be More Physical

I know part of the changes last year were due to injury, but its becoming harder and harder for me not to question his system, instead of his players…..

according to Eagles fbook post – Calvin and Hobbs secondary???

Over/under for Fokou penalties?

and its seems as if he has no idea whats going on. I’m so pissed at all this confusion on both sides of the ball. I’m pissed that Kolb has had all this time to prepare for the season and looks like hes never played in the NFL before. Pissed that we went after no linebackers in the offseason. Pissed that we got 80 linemen that play defense instead of offense. I know its a “rebuilding” period but god damn.

idk what to say, venting the frustration. I’m outtie, peace.

Guys are in, guys are out. DTs should hold their ground and protect LBs, DTs should penetrate and disrupt. If the Lions had completed that comeback, we’d be wondering if McDermott was getting fired at the bye or if Reid would wait until the end of the year.

I wonder if bringing in Jauron wasn’t a mistake? Hobbes has been a pleasant surprise and Allen has the makings of a star and Jauron has to get some credit for that, but I’m concerned that McD is so spooked by Jauron’s presence that he’s panicking.

not so much.

This should be interesting. I’m guessing Davis is going to have a field day.

The LB core is and has always been the achillies heel on defense. Year in and year out we take these bottom of the draft guys who are from D-II colleges, players from big schools who have pretty much no major credibility, or we try to convert guys. I’m not saying it to be a jerk I say it because its true.

Another thing, the defensive scheme has been dragging me into question since the preseason of last year. Its like the LBs play such a minor role in the defense, that Reid gives no care to the position. I’ve been saying we should let the LBs play “Read and React” instead of playing the pass first, a lot of our rushing defense woes might go away.

But here’s my thing. Foku is indeed the more physical LB of the two, but he’s always been. They new Jordan wasn’t a SAM. Yet they wanted more speed/athleticism on the field so they started him. He has also played better than Foku consistently..obviously! Basically what im saying is; most of us knew that Jordan was too small and lacked the physicality to play the position, while Foku had many mental errors coming into the season. So the answer..draft a LB who possess strength/athleticism/speed haha! Seriously though, if Foku can keep his head straight and b physical/aggressive when needed, he should do a fine job. I mean they worked him in at DE during preseason so he must have some speed. Just have to cut the penalties!

Ouch Easedel! This week is going to be a real test for Mike Bell for sure. We’ll finally get to see what he actually brings to the table.

I said before the season started that this teams lack of depth at QB and RB was going to be a problem but the defensive woes are suprising to me. I think we have much better than marginal talent at all the LB positions but so far this season they just don’t seem to be tackling well, and get caught out of position a lot (Stew is freaking me out right now! Where has that guys head been?). Both of these issues can be handled in practice, but I think they Sean is still searching for answers when it comes to the starting lineup.

Question: do you guys think we’ll start seeing Keenan Clayton in on more nickle and dime packages? The guy showed a real nose for the ball and the ability to wrap up well when I’ve seen him. I don’t know, maybe I’m reaching for answers as much as Sean is, but regardless this defense needs a shot in arm.

everyone really is jumping off the Stewart Bradley train four games in…gotta be more patient with him i think. He just got off a major injury and started his season with a concussion…he will get better and has been good, using one game to judge Stew is too small sample size!!