10-07-2024, 12:42 PM
(10-07-2024, 12:28 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: the talent of this defense is far inferior to the 21 and 22 seasons, so of course it went from middle of the pack, to the bottom.
if by some miracle they make the playoffs, the defense should step it up, since that is Lou's M.O. But instead of going from average to great, they'll go from terrible to average.
Lou and the defense shut down Henry for 4 quarters. Now imagine if they had a second legit pass rusher to help Trey get to Lamar.
It's definitely to his credit that he's gotten his guys to play their best stuff in the Postseason. He seems to be the only DC who has consistently had a handle of Mahomes.
They did a great job on Derrick Henry for 4 quarters, but John Harbaugh told us himself... because we were playing the run, they had big play opportunities there, and needed to start taking them. The 2nd half they did just that, and our defence was zero match for them.
Hopefully they would elevate again in the postseason if we make it, but it's certainly going to be far easier to elevate and gameplan with a middle of the road defence than with a bottom of the barrel one. Personally think it's an exponential drop. But the regular season stats for Anarumo are far from great across his entire time here.
