Is Slowik the problem? Or is it just the Defense?

[Blue Thunda]

I Voted Slowik.

[UberBroncoMan]

Both...

But it starts with Slowik.

[Max Power]

Not that we don't need personnel upgrades on defense, but I feel that Slowik is a big part of the problem with his poor scheming and maladjustments. Most of the time he plays prevent D with the corners lining 10 yards off their man and mostly relying on our piss poor front four to apply pressure, which they rarely do. When he does occasionally grow a pair and blitz, he stops doing it for some reason and goes back to prevent D (see the Bills game, wherein we blitzed frequently in the 1st quarter and Buffalo couldn't get anything going, then we sat back and played prevent the rest of the game).

I believe a better DC is needed to take full advantage of whatever talent we may add in the offseason. Better talent will help, but the defense will never reach its full potential with Slowik's cookie-cutter schemes.

[in.the.game]

Not that we don't need personnel upgrades on defense, but I feel that Slowik is a big part of the problem with his poor scheming and maladjustments. Most of the time he plays prevent D with the corners lining 10 yards off their man and mostly relying on our piss poor front four to apply pressure, which they rarely do. When he does occasionally grow a pair and blitz, he stops doing it for some reason and goes back to prevent D (see the Bills game, wherein we blitzed frequently in the 1st quarter and Buffalo couldn't get anything going, then we sat back and played prevent the rest of the game).

I believe a better DC is needed to take full advantage of whatever talent we may add in the offseason. Better talent will help, but the defense will never reach its full potential with Slowik's cookie-cutter schemes.

word up, son.

[MindField]

Both...

But it starts with Slowik.

Wrong.

It starts with Shanahan who hired Slowik, and who signed and drafted the players on defense.

Time to stop scapegoating others and realize what the real issue is

[myoung]

Both suck. That might be the biggest understatement of the year.

[SheerCold]

By far Slowik, he's holding the team back, as long he stays the Broncos will never be like the Orange Crush from the Seventies.

[b marsh = beast]

slowik is the problem you got to fire him and pick up romeo cronnel

in the offseason. he was a dc. before he was hc.

romeo oh romeo where art thou romeo!

[JoRo]

For us to have the second worst defense since 1995... it has to be both

[UberBroncoMan]

I say Slowik #1 followed by out D just being bad... more so Slowik though...

[getlynched47]

Since Slowik is most likely returning next season, I will give him the benefit of the doubt and say that the players just weren't executing

[BarkdogRX7]

If u understand Defense, u can clearly see it is mostly Slowik. His "Scheme" (If u wanna call it one) plays WAAAY too softly, u never see CB's break on balls cause they are 10 yds off the WR all the time, our safeties play waaay too deep, we're too easy for offenses to pull big gains on. We have some real talented athletes: Champ/Boss/DJ/Dumervil/Woodyard but this scheme makes them play DOWN to a 7th grade bend-but-don't-break level, they never get to make plays!

Slowik HAS to go, I say we get Haynesworth and a DECENT, proven Def-coord. We did pretty well under Coyer (He had his own issues) Jim Bates and even Ray Rhodes was good, but with a name like Slowik....ugh, it's all on him.

[esphurricane]

It is definately all of the above. Shanahan deserves blame because he hired slowik and he brought in the players on defense. Slowik deserves blame for playing way too much soft zone and not blitzing enough when it was working as in the buffalo game as mentioned before. why in the hell would you just stop blitzing in the 2nd quarter when the other team cant even get a first down and the give up thirtysomething points and never go back to it? But in slowiks defense how many nfl defenses could lose all 3 linebackers their number 1 cb and 1 or 2 of their starting safeties, all at pretty much the same time and still field a competetive defense. And then there are the players who just dont seem to have the fire or intensity with the exception of a few whom were mostly rookies or young players.

[nbaballer913]

Both suck. That might be the biggest understatement of the year.

yep....both simply suck...its a double whammy when you coach poor talent (with the exception of some players) poorly.