re: The defense is a mess

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The truth is many of these DLmen who have gone to the league weren't anything special, they just benefited from the system.

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That's not accurate.

Inflated stats? Do you not realize how much a sack or TFL hampers a drive? Flash and dash? Build a solid foundation? We HAD a solid foundation. We HAD an identity and we HAD results. Now, thus far anyway, we have a below average unit with a ton of infighting and we've lost our identity. This is something that quietly bothered me all offseason and my fears are coming to fruition.

The offense is the opposite case, it was flat awful last year and not very good the year before. Obviously something had to change and now the unit that had pretty much no proven returners is ahead of the one that had a ton of them. That's an issue. Tinkering with things that are not broke just isn't a sound strategy.

If we hadn't changed defensive philosophy how do you think this group of players would be performing right now? I'd have to wager a large sum that we'd be getting much better results.