Williams displayed textbook pass defense in the endzone.
The Lake one, I understood.
What did Williams do that i missed?
The Williams one was even worse than the Robinson one. Robinson and the DB were hand-fighting. Absurd to call that. But they were at least jostling. Williams played clean coverage and fought through Cooper's push off to break up the pass. And yes, Lake committed DPI. I was furious at him. If he turned around, he'd have realized the ball was at his feet.
The end of the play wasn't where I saw what I thought the Refs called.. I thought it looked like he was grabbing Cooper when he started to work back to the ball. Maybe I'm wrong.
What is your point? The OL has been a revolving door for most of the season thus far. It doesn't matter how many offensive stars one has if your QB lacks sufficient time to throw and your RBs have little room to roam.
My point was contained in the post. Here it is again:
They need 2 starting quality CBs. It's that simple. They need to do what Philly did last year, add two top level CBs whether by draft and or FA. They do that, along with the maturity of a young DL, and they should be very good. Sure, a pure NT and LB help would also be nice, but a top CB tandem would be a huge addition.
Certainly one top corner is needed. Young stud who can take top draws. But you may be right that we need more than that. Honestly I am floored by how bad this secondary is. To the point that I would be considering firing a DB coach that I have always respected.
Understand because fundamentally, the DBs play so poorly. They are either playing off ball with an unbelievable cushion, or they find themselves pressing to get in position but never get their head turned. I have never seen a group of DBs let so many balls that should easily get defended, end up in the hands of receivers.
If Lake had looked for the ball that wouldn't have been PI.
These CB's... if they just turn their heads around... the INT's we coulda had...
I get that's the officials view.
I disagree with that outlook. He was looking at the receiver the whole time and had plenty of time to avoid the receiver.
Actually IIRC he did turn and look but too early and he should have looked again but was trailing trying to catch up when the ball arrived. The replays began just after his look back I think.
The defense was trending upward, but it seems to have hit a plateau or gotten worse as of late. The secondary has weak spots, but we also have one of the worse run defenses in the NFL - not exactly a winning combo.
