Brown confirms

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(02-21-2019, 10:00 AM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: You could say that.  But here’s the thing: stats don’t always tell the whole story.  You can hide your liabilities up to a point, but if they can be exploited when the game is on the line, ultimately you’ve got a crap defense.  

The point is that this defense (paired with a crap kicker) was never going to be good enough to take even the best offensive roster to the promised land.

I felt that way with the mid-2000's Bengals with Chuck Bresnahan and Shayne Graham.