DICK LEBEAU MUST GO!!!!!!!!!

[ImUrMomsFavrit]

Really? You sound like a bunch of Cleveland fans, for crying out loud! To insult a grid iron genius because of a TEAM fail, is ridiculous.

[SteeleReign]

Originally Posted by pete74

i knew our defense wouldnt be as good as previous years. Harrison is getting old and so is Troy. Hood isnt even half the man Smith was and Hampton is past his prime. i said before the season that i can see us winning 8 games this year.
with that said i can also see us playing better as the year goes on and winning it all as a wild card. we have the offense to do it and if our defense clicks at the right time there is a chance we could surprise everyone. we just need to bench Hood for that to happen

Benching Hood is a start, but I'd throw Big Snack on that pile too.

What the heck - why not replace Kiesel with Heyward, Hampton with McLendon, and try Woodley at LDE? Woodley is a straight up bull-rusher anyway & doesn't provide much in coverage.

Go with Harrison, Foote, Timmons, and Brandon Johnson at LB or Worilds if he can start showing something....anything...

Maybe it's crazy, but what we're doing isn't working either. Shake it up. Try something crazy. As much as I dislike Belicheat, he's a master of thinking out of the box and finding ways to use players in unconventional ways...and win while doing so.

[SteeleReign]

Originally Posted by ImUrMomsFavrit

Really? You sound like a bunch of Cleveland fans, for crying out loud! To insult a grid iron genius because of a TEAM fail, is ridiculous.

No one is insulting LeBeau. He's beloved on this board. However, there is a point where every coach reaches the end. I'm not convinced it's that time for Dick, but it might be.

[steelfury02]

that's what I'm starting to think of - why not start taking some chances with a lead -show something you haven't shown before, or - try someone else at it. I want this defense to start playing pissed off as in here comes the hounds of hell, and the only way you are going to beat us is to earn every centimeter of it - even if we get burned doing it, even if we lose I'd like to see some spirit out there. I know these guys are "professionals" and "there are different types of leaders" but I ask

WHERE IS THE GUTS!?!? GO FOR IT already before it is too late.

[SteeleReign]

Originally Posted by steelfury02

that's what I'm starting to think of - why not start taking some chances with a lead -show something you haven't shown before, or - try someone else at it. I want this defense to start playing pissed off as in here comes the hounds of hell, and the only way you are going to beat us is to earn every centimeter of it - even if we get burned doing it, even if we lose I'd like to see some spirit out there. I know these guys are "professionals" and "there are different types of leaders" but I ask

WHERE IS THE GUTS!?!? GO FOR IT already before it is too late.

I'm game for this, just as long as Tomlin doesn't deliver the speech. We tried this tactic in 2009...didn't quite work as planned.

[steelfury02]

he certainly doesn't need to give a speech at a presser

the us against the world mentality is played out, but going 1-3 you'd have to think they would start feeling a little desperate

[TRH]

Originally Posted by ImUrMomsFavrit

Really? You sound like a bunch of Cleveland fans, for crying out loud! To insult a grid iron genius because of a TEAM fail, is ridiculous.

well..in defense of everyone speaking out...it isn't a "team" fail. Its a Defense fail.
No question.

[SteeleReign]

Originally Posted by steelfury02

he certainly doesn't need to give a speech at a presser

the us against the world mentality is played out, but going 1-3 you'd have to think they would start feeling a little desperate

Yep. If we don't make a run in our next four games, our season is toast. We have games against Vick (not a dangerous passer), Jake Locker, Andy Dalton, and RG3. We have to beat these young/average QBs because 5 of our next 7 are against very good QBs.

[Atlanta Dan]

Originally Posted by SteeleReign

Yep. If we don't make a run in our next four games, our season is toast. We have games against Vick (not a dangerous passer), Jake Locker, Andy Dalton, and RG3. We have to beat these young/average QBs because 5 of our next 7 are against very good QBs.

I would not call Andy Dalton an average QB based on his performance against the Redskins yesterday

[TRH]

Originally Posted by Atlanta Dan

I would not call Andy Dalton an average QB based on his performance against the Redskins yesterday

exactly. Dalton is looking like a stud.