Defensive Line Practices Well

by John B on Nov 19, 2009 10:54 AM EST

The defensive line looked good yesterday under its new coach.

Wednesday was the first day of practice without defensive line coach Kerry Locklin, let go Monday in what Ryan termed a "mutual decision" and replaced by Jeff Weeks and Chuck Smith.

"I think today was our best day out there," defensive end Marques Douglas said. "[The] communication was excellent, we worked as a group [and] our tempo was great."

When asked if he was surprised at the shakeup, Douglas replied, "it’s kind of something you don’t think about, because we as players are supposed to play, and the coaches and GM [Mike Tannenbaum] make that decision.

I doubt there's a big difference between the quality of Locklin's coaching and Smith's coaching. I do expect the line's play to get better. This was done to send a message. The players got an indication the powers that be are not happy with the play. If this continues, there will only be one constant and only one left to change.

Do you expect a more inspired defensive line?

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I popped in to see how you felt about the crying incident. I actually liked how he dealt with it. All he’s doing is deflecting attention rom the team.

It kind of reminded me of how Michael Scott dealt with falling in koy pond, except Rex knew when to stop.

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by special agent wildcat on Nov 19, 2009 11:34 AM EST via mobile reply actions

Nice timing if so.

Have to pressure Brady like the first game to have any realistic shot at this game.

Would be nice to see an “inspiring” performance from every unit on the field. Seems that is the problem, one side of the ball plays well, the other falls asleep.

by Togaman7 on Nov 19, 2009 12:22 PM EST reply actions

Needs to do better

the whole line that is. People need to step up, Ellis needs to step up. There seemed to be a distinct lack of communication this season on the line, and player substitutions always seemed to confuse people, like they didn’t know the signals for the change. Glad that they are doing better, and we will see if we can notice any differences on Sunday.

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by David_Wyatt on Nov 19, 2009 4:13 PM EST reply actions