Man, you guys are rough. Lanky is being pretty straightforward here. Haslett's unit did fairly well, and certainly did what it was supposed to do. Kyle screwed him and lost the game for us, imo. We can all point to poor decisions made by Haslett during different points of the game. But by and large, the defense played fairly well. Some of you are apparently willing to cut Kyle some slack because of personnel deficiencies on the offensive side of the ball; why not Haslett as well? The defense is improving, starting to look good and take shape. That's a good thing.
Its incredible, really. Schwartz's defense in Detroit, with arguably the best DLine in football, has given up 19 points per game (22.2 throwing out the KC game). Haslett's defense has given up over 2 points per game less at 16.6. They are 5-1, we are 3-2; the difference? Playmakers on offense. That's it. No need to look at scheme, Haslett, aggression, depression, elation, look at the offense. End of story!
Game 1: Giants were beat up, and the O put up 21 points (D added 7 for insurance). D held NY to 14 points, enough to win.
Game 2: D gave up 21 points, Rex & the offense gave them a short field on one TD. O scored 22, enough to win.
Game 3: D held Cowboys (30 points against the above Lions) to 18 points, O could barely muster up 16 points despite the Dallas cheerleaders starting in the secondary.
Game 4: The Rams - O dominated but still only mustered 17 points. D held them lifeless Rams to 10.
Game 5: Held the Eagles to 20 points, their second lowest point total of the season. They scored 31, 31, 16, 23 and 24 points before facing the Redskins. Rex gave the ball up 4 times, at least two of which were likely TDs if he threw the ball with any kind of accuracy.
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