Here is my thought. I think Ricky Davis is the most athletic of all our current QB's, running, throwing, size. Has not developed into a QB like Hunter who can read defenses and check down to secondary receivers, same with Nathan Mays. Is it coaching or lack of ability, I don't know. One thing I see is that our play calling didn't help either Ricky or Nathan until this past week with quick short throws when they blitz etc to take the heat off the inexperienced QB's. All teams now load the box on early downs against the run and blitz on obvious passing downs. Finally we had a bit of an answer to help; I understand against a weaker team.
On defense I think we are small and that has taken its toll on the linebackers and db's. Much of the run game tackles are not by the d line and our smaller back end people have been beat up. Now they are gun shy in my opinion. I think we have put too much pressure on the smaller safetys and corners to stop larger running backs and it has taken its toll. We need larger linebackers and safetys to handle this increased load with the d line not involved that much in stopping the run.
