Why Castillo is Failing

Agreed on the execution part. Discipline is this defense’s biggest problem, and while that falls partially on Juan’s shoulders, most of these guys have been playing this game for 10-15 years. They should know not to draw stupid penalties and they should know how to tackle.

But I disagree on the LBers, at least the guys you listed. Curry has been an absolute bust at every position and Bradley has been just plain awful this year. The problem is, like I said above, youth. They’re all young, and if we consider Rolle to be our starter at WLB then they were all drafted in the 6th or 7th round. We gotta give them some time to develop before we say they’re garbage/bad for this system.

and play Rolle. And just roll with what we have. Focus on getting up quick and making teams pass. AND PLAT BETTER REDZONE DEFENSE. Under JJ we bent all the way down the field and crushed people in the redzone.

For example, last week—> Casey Matthews getting burned. Why was Jacobs HIS responsibility??? Casey has limited experience and that play was clearly over his head. He puts players in a position to fail

So who should have been covering Jacobs, huh? A safety? Doesn’t make sense. It’s gotta be the LB, and Matthews was the guy in on that play. Matthews got aggressive and bit on the play action, leaving him out of position. Juan was exactly right to put Matthews on Jacobs, and Matthews blew it. That’s not an issue with the scheme, that’s an issue with discipline. That was my point, and you totally ignored it because you want to be right.

Ignore play x, y, and z and we are a top 5 defense…. You CAN’T just ignore those plays

When did I say “ignore” them? I said get rid of them. Fix the discipline so that we’re not giving up so many big plays, and then we’d be a top 5 defense. This team is young and undisciplined. The veteran guys need to smack some sense into these young’ns and get this thing turned around. A little more discipline = a few less big plays for the offense, and that’s the difference between allowing 300 yards per game and 180.

and that’s on him 100%.

Could Castillo have made sure a Safety was on the back side just incase? yes he could have but why double a RB

Page is the only safety I’ve seen actually making tackles. Coleman seems to be playing really soft (i.e. off the play, not as far as making tackles when he gets in on the play).

Collie doesn’t remember anything post 08, he’ll just reply with “who’s Coleman?”

Look man,…I get your arguments on ths have been the same from the beginning…and I agree, you need to execute regardless of where you play or which scheme you’re in. But you need to expand your mind a little here dude. Its the coaches job to PUT YOU in your position of strenght from the beggining. Otherwise, youre setting them up for failure right away. Jason Avant is a great slot receiver, would you start him on the outside and EXPECT him to execute the quick runs downs the field? And then blame him because he’s not fast enough ? No…becuase those arent his skills. Coaches need to put their players in positions to succeed and players need to exectue. NONE of that is happening right now. YOu can’t deny it…. and because of that CAstillo is a big part of why they are failing.