Trying it this way.

The defense looks like **** falling from a tall cow's ass.

Sark had the plays

The defense had done enough if our offense could have helped at all.

Our defense dominated the first half, and then **** the bed. Sark adjusted and we just sat around with our thumbs up out our asses

I have said all season we're not a championship defense nor can we win a championship with this defense. We aren't that fast, we don't tackle worth ****, we can't cover very well, and unless we get to the QB and cause havoc that way, we are going to give up yards and points. The offense has bailed out the defense in a few games and we've lucked out in others where the teams just weren't very good or quit at halftime for whatever reason.

Once again, we extended a coach who hasn't done crap. Maybe cleaned up a few messes but nothing to show himself worthy of the extension.

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A&M adjusted. We gave up hitting Manning repeatedly and only giving up 124 yards for "keeping him in the pocket" and letting them play Sark ball unimpeded

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Pisses me off so much. Playing scared. wtf Elko.

Even my 13yr old son noticed Manning was an entirely different QB with a notion of pressure. Passes all over the place and a quick trigger finger. I realize we had to pick our spots, but they didn't pick many at all

At the end of the half, we had a couple of good shots at him and our guys look like they let up. Super weird. Like they were told not to hit him.

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I have said all season we're not a championship defense nor can we win a championship with this defense. We aren't that fast, we don't tackle worth ****, we can't cover very well, and unless we get to the QB and cause havoc that way, we are going to give up yards and points. The offense has bailed out the defense in a few games and we've lucked out in others where the teams just weren't very good or quit at halftime for whatever reason.

Once again, we extended a coach who hasn't done crap. Maybe cleaned up a few messes but nothing to show himself worthy of the extension.

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Generally agree with your assessment of the defensive skill level, but I actually think Elko's play calling and the defense's ability to make timely splash plays have covered more for Klein and Reed than the other way around.

Scrambling QB.
Have given up yards to that all season.
LB cannot spy

shelbys99 said:

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Scrambling QB.
Have given up yards to that all season.
LB cannot spy

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Sanford and York are slow. When Scoobie went down I said only losing Howell is worse.

Our run D declined because everyone was abandoning gap discipline trying get the tackle.

A&M better find a NG, put a lid on the fkn center and stop the run better. Not the first time that this 4-2-5 has been gashed for long runs. And then you let a bullsht TX run offense punk you at the LOS and rush for the most yards they've had all season. WTF.

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shelbys99 said:

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Scrambling QB.
Have given up yards to that all season.
LB cannot spy

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Sanford and York are slow. When Scoobie went down I said only losing Howell is worse.

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Had nothing to do with speed in this game it was the defensive tackles getting out of their lanes

Yep, no lane integrity and a secondary constantly out of position.

Lots of gaps in the run game. Lots of gaps…

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npc said:

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shelbys99 said:

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Scrambling QB.
Have given up yards to that all season.
LB cannot spy

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Sanford and York are slow. When Scoobie went down I said only losing Howell is worse.

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Had nothing to do with speed in this game it was the defensive tackles getting out of their lanes

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I think you put way too much faith in the analysis of a former QB. The long stick was by design. I would be willing to bet a large sum of money that the LBs were the ones in the wrong gaps.

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TBoneAg said:

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npc said:

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shelbys99 said:

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Scrambling QB.
Have given up yards to that all season.
LB cannot spy

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Sanford and York are slow. When Scoobie went down I said only losing Howell is worse.

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Had nothing to do with speed in this game it was the defensive tackles getting out of their lanes

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I think you put way too much faith in the analysis of a former QB. The long stick was by design. I would be willing to bet a large sum of money that the LBs were the ones in the wrong gaps.

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Agree. And, the speed issue is absolutely at the core of not being able to contain Manning on the ground. Manning is just a flat out better athlete than any A&M backer or safety on the field tonight.

we have a defense?

This is an insane take. When was the last time we had a coach put together 11 wins, regardless of easy/hard schedule??? The 90's. But sure, let's tear it down and start again, cause 11 wins ain't good enough. We haven't even seen the end of the season. We're in the playoffs for the first time. This is a freezing cold take.