11-26-2023, 01:06 PM
(11-20-2023, 11:41 PM)tms Wrote: I don't think they're that bad. Rex Ryan was on ESPN Pregame with a devilish grin fantasizing about all the things we had planned for Stroud. "There's no one in the league better than Lou Anarumo!" That was just two weeks ago.
The praise of Anarumo is starting to feel like when we used to hear all about 'THAT Mike Zimmer Defence' every single week, even when it was clear that defence had deficiencies. It is ok to criticise these guys!
I don't think they're as bad as 'worst in the league' territory, and I can certainly remember more porous defences than this years D. But they haven't been as great as previously.
I think a few games in particular have broken the defence's back a little statistically. Really bad against Houston, Tennessee. When we had our win streak, they were doing a great job of keeping points off the board. Been a pretty up and down year by from them in my opinion. Not the level of consistency we'd have needed from them in the playoffs, but maybe they'd have found their stride in the big games like they've seemed to under Lou.
