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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Okay - this is just wrong.
He didn't have them lined up at the marker; he gave them about an 8 yard cushion on 3rd and 16. And both Fuller and Hitchens converged on Kittle 8-10 yards short of the first down marker. Sutton dialed up the right play on both 2nd AND 3rd downs on that drive and had the damn drive stopped.
But the guy that's supposed to be the best tackler in the LB corps and the guy that's supposed to be the best tackler in the secondary - who BOTH had a shot at a lumbering TE - both failed.
There is absolutely no way you can credibly place the blame for that play on Sutton. He did exactly what he should have done there and it worked out perfectly...until his players failed again. Because that is ROUTINELY what his players have done.
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So you are talking about the Play Kittles looked like Jim Brown- yes that is on poor tackling. We were scared to tackle him all day for some reason. Tight Ends have feasted on us.
My point was Sutton's lack of getting off the field when we have the other team at 3rd and Forever. Teams have less than a 10% chance normally being 20 yards out and yet we give up 1st downs at 90%?
Sutton complete lack of aggressive calls gets old. Rushing 3 guys never works and Sutton does it a lot. You give any QB that much time and he will get a first down. No Pressure Sutton needs to go. He has Never been able to close games out. You can blame the players- but ultimately it falls on him and then Andy because they are the coaches of this historically bad defense.