Consistency has already been a problem for AG. He has to perform weekend and weekout
How about 3 weeks in a row?
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The Arizona Cardinals entered Sundayâs game against the Detroit Lions ranked first in the NFL converting 58.3% of their third downs (14-for-24).
Quarterback Kyler Murray was 11-for-11 (now thatâs âperfectâ) in the first two games and he led the league in that category with a 158.3 passer rating, which would be 200.6 using the BAPR (Balzer Adjuster Passer Rating).
Sunday wasnât anything close.
They converted their first third down of the game on a third-and-5 pass to wide receiver Michael Wilson on third-and-2 and scored a touchdown later in the drive to tie the game, 7-7. After that, the Cardinals were stoned, failing on all eight of their third-down ties.
As Murray said of the 1-for-9 effort that plummets their season percentage to 45.5, âThatâs not good. Thatâs not how you beat a playoff team and win those types of games.â
For the game, Murray was 3-for-7 for 21 yards on third down for a passer rating of 50.3 that is that âhighâ because he didnât have an interception. Had he had one within those seven attempts, his rating would have been 10.8.
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AG drastically improved once John Fox was added to help him out.
AG was clearly in over his head when we first hired him and he showed little growth as a DC from year one to year two. He had some real head scratching defensive game plans. (See CAR) but once John Fox was added we started to see growth.
Itâs hard to get behind a DC when his defensive scheme is bad and his players arenât executing but thatâs not the case today. AG has grown and the players are starting to really execute. Sure we have some things to clean up but overall I see growth in the players, scheme and coaches. By now Iâd think AG has swayed most players, fans and media over to his side.
I personally like what Iâm seeing and I think his defense is starting to get an identity. I see no reason AG and his defense wonât continue to grow and get better. In fact I do not think theyâve scratched the surface of their potential. Fun times ahead.
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Itâs almost like an upgrade in talent makes a huge difference in whether a coach is good or terrible.
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The amount of AG scapegoating has always been largely unjustified. The guy was working with players off the street in his secondary last season and a bunch of rookies/young guys so it was no wonder that the pass defense was an issue.
He then changed to a more aggressive approach last season knowing that the secondary couldnât hold up without getting quick pressure on the QB and the team created more turnovers as a result and just lived with the big plays that came with leaving the corners on an island. This season weâre starting to see the pass defense tighten up somewhat because, shocking, they have the type of corners (more talented corners) that can execute AGâs defense better.
Iâm not saying heâs some defensive savant but the Fire AG calls were ridiculous IMO.
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Itâs 17 weeks in a season, right??
need the dripping sarcasm icon back!
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I mean I am not sure how any could have issues with this defenses performance.
Additionally, AG has done an obviously good job so far.
Letâs get 8-9 games under the belt and then we can have a stronger case one way or another.
But you can not fight the facts that they are top 16 in almost every team defensive stat.
So things have improved
Ya⌠you didnât say the whole season, you said week in and week out (actually weekend, but you were close) and heâs done that⌠All 3 weeks of the season, so he deserves credit for that.
He also had the defense humming at the end of last season⌠Heâs improved every year as DC
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interested to hear this press conference.
also the wording from Birkett âWhenâ instead of âIfâ. really tells me AG is gonna be high on peoples list next coaching cycle
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Speaking of todayâs presser. Our move from Duce Staley to Scottie Montgomery at Assistant Head Coach / RB Coach is a MAJOR upgrade, IMO.
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If I couldnât get coach Dan, I would seriously consider hiring AG - love him as a leader of ppl.
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500+ yards given up and you still winâŚ, bad day for the defense at least Ben Johnson stopped drinking at half time
Right now the Lions defense is ranked 22nd.
4th vs the run.
30th vs the pass.
9th in take-a-ways (tied)
Our pass defense is definitely a concern.
I know AG loves to put his CBs on an island and asked them to cover man up but Iâd like to see him give more help to players like Davis when playing man-up on players like Metcalf.
The penalties by our DBs are killing this defense.
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You do realize both teams had 11 drives and Seattle ran 30 MORE plays than Detroit? Thatâs insane⌠Detroit was scoring fast and the defense was gassed as a result. It started after that long drive in the 3rd, then Detroit scores on 1 play to Jamo and the defense was back out there. I donât think the secondary played particularly well, the refs had some weak calls for sure, but they missed Branch. Davis had a few baaaad run fits, he didnât contain and that gave Walker some big runs and scores.
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Psssst, the lions won on MNF. JAMO blew up. Goff looked good. Monty blew witherspoon the FU ck UP. Levi got a sack. CAMPBELL played well. So many positives. Lions are 3-1. And you are focusing on another negative. Next game perhaps we win but bates misses a fgâŚno doubt that will be the focus of your complaining and tying it to how Brad has not put together a super bowl winning competent roster.
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