[qwerty49]

I don't recall ever seeing a starting ILB 'watching' as many plays as Perez.

This is the issue.  It wasn't just the pass to the TE.  Running plays as well, and a caught-in-the-cookie-jar penalty.  And not just this game, to be blunt.  Perhaps the real takeaway is that we don't have anyone else who can play better.  And that this season was very close to being quite a bit more successful.

One of my friends observed that we looked tired, especially on D.  That might explain the late coverage, pathetic arm tackling and getting constantly juked, by nearly every member of the D not named Harrison Phillips.  All of that might be excused had we not shown that we are capable of playing better.  That is the source of the frustration.

Reality bites.  Chryst has received much more criticism here.  And Burns before him.  I'll bet Josh Nunes did too.  I wasn't on this board back then, but I wager Caleb Bowman got his share for just one dropped ball.   

Our opponents watch film.  There have been pass plays all during this year and last where both Palma and Perez were specifically picked on.  That's not a coincidence.

Unfortunately Perez is a tweener IMHO.  Too slow to be a SS and too small to be a run-stopper at ILB.  If you watch the replays of his run tackles he's most often getting driven backwards. It's not his fault he's not built like Skov.  He's trying his best, but pretty much all year, aside from Okereke in the 2nd half of the season, ILB play has been an obvious factor in our inability to stop the run.  Not the only factor, but a big one.
 

[qwerty49]

I don't recall ever seeing a starting ILB 'watching' as many plays as Perez.

This is the issue.  It wasn't just the pass to the TE.  Running plays as well, and a caught-in-the-cookie-jar penalty.  And not just this game, to be blunt.  Perhaps the real takeaway is that we don't have anyone else who can play better.  And that this season was very close to being quite a bit more successful.

One of my friends observed that we looked tired, especially on D.  That might explain the late coverage, pathetic arm tackling and getting constantly juked, by nearly every member of the D not named Harrison Phillips.  All of that might be excused had we not shown that we are capable of playing better.  That is the source of the frustration.

Reality bites.  Chryst has received much more criticism here.  And Burns before him.  I'll bet Josh Nunes did too.  I wasn't on this board back then, but I wager Caleb Bowman got his share for just one dropped ball.   

Our opponents watch film.  There have been pass plays all during this year and last where both Palma and Perez were specifically picked on.  That's not a coincidence.

Unfortunately Perez is a tweener IMHO.  Too slow to be a SS and too small to be a run-stopper at ILB.  If you watch the replays of his run tackles he's most often getting driven backwards. It's not his fault he's not built like Skov.  He's trying his best, but pretty much all year, aside from Okereke in the 2nd half of the season, ILB play has been an obvious factor in our inability to stop the run.  Not the only factor, but a big one.