This is all very logical but at the same time misses an important part of all this, which is the personal human element. I don't think the players believe in him. They don't have faith in him, I don't think they trust him to plan, teach, exploit. All those things that make a group greater than the sum of its parts, they're all missing. And at this point frankly I think it's cultural on D, they have seen the movie happen so many times that they seem to just fall into their roles - they almost expect to wear down and break. Failure to play 60 minutes is an identifying feature of that room - players come and go, but that stays the same. What is it if not coaching?
It's the sum of many parts, coaching, personal,( failure of the offense to sustain drives), and in some cases bad luck. This issue stems across at least the last 3 HC ( actually more) Green Bay has never except for Fritz under Mike H really completely committed to stout defense in my opinion, it's kind of a systemic issue.
It also doesn't help that the horses they do have along the DL are all so damn young and inexperienced. TJ Slaton I think is a good example. I don't know what you think of him as a player but my observation is that at the beginning of games he packs wallop and is out there stuffing runs and throwing down the Gravedigger, and then by 3rd/4th Q he's standing upright getting his body turned without much resistance. And then there is Wyatt and Brooks and Wooden, all 1st/2nd year players. I just think back to the last time we had some really good DL guys, it took Ryan Pickett so long to develop that St Louis let him go. Johnny Jolly was drafted in 2006, but I don't think really came around until 2009.
see, bisaccia actually is a genius.
