Talk to me about this defense

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(07-29-2019, 06:33 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: I believe to a degree you can throw out last season. First 7 games or whatever Austin's scheme just sucked ! Whole D had the deer in the headlights look just way to unsure of what to do.

2nd half of season the injuries set in and although they played a bit better the damage was already done.

I look for them to rebound a good bit this season and at least be middle of the pack.

This, and the pressure from the front four wasn't really there and that left the back end exposed in that stupid zone.  People were raving about Dre blanketing people in that practice and his ability to break on the ball...something we saw little of last year.  They were playing so far off everyone that there was always an easy underneath completion.  I remember thinking Brees was going to go 100% completions against us last year and he looked bored doing it.  

Anarumo is having them contest every pass and not (seemingly) playing with the fear of not getting beat over the top.  They might not have been burned over the top last year, but no QB needed to...it was so easy underneath.  That is one of the reasons I have the most optimism is that our guys might play faster and more aggressive on defense.  It could yield more sacks and turnovers.