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do any of you guys remember  man named pat fisher? you may hate him, because he was a washington redskin, but that man could tackle. he may have been the greatest tackler i've ever seen. he was similar in size to what i just mentioned i played at, but there was'nt a back he could'nt bring down. h always said, "worst case senerio, i'll wrap up on him and ride the son of a bitch till some one else can help." very rarely did fisher need help bringing much bigger backs down. that art is gone these days. thats what needs to be taught at a young age. they won't tackle because i think they feel they'll get hurt? they can't risk the big contract for contact???????? i do believe i'm right, thats why we see such piss poor D play these days.

and lets hope we can tackle. when i was playing i was 5'9" 175 and i played d halfback=ss safety. i played against backs ranging about 6' + and well over 200lbs. my D coach always said it's like playin basketball, you focus on the waist. they can head fake you, they can juke you with their legs, they can even spin out of a body tackle if you go high. but if you go in at the waist , drive hard, and wrap up......it's david and goliath all over again. it don't matter how big or tough jacobs thinks he is, he can be brought down by driving him in waist high. he'll drop like a brick wall. thats the one thing i see lacking in the nfl game. it's the basic fundamentals of tackling. don't they teach it in high school or college anymore, or are these prima-donas that make the nfl to good to do the dirty work of banging heads and making tackles? it shows.

this article mirrors my thoughts on the upcoming game... our scores are almost the same as well...24-10 cowboys win...great minds think alike...if you get some time, comment on my vid at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8TXyIbv0I

I think our poor run defense last game could be attributed to a lot of new starters. Think about it: Igor Olshansky, Keith Brooking, Anthony Spencer, Mike Jenkins and Gerald Sensabaugh. Sure, some have played in similar systems. But I just think this unit hasn't quite gelled well yet. We were better in the second half of the last game, and I'm sure that Wade coached his defense up plenty this week.

One thing that stood out to me was how quickly our outside linebackers got upfield, past the run and were therefore out of the play (Anthony Spencer was especially guilty a few times). That should change this week.