Austin says we can’t beat ourselves, more from his presser

[Joelist]

We weren't top five last year.

16th in PPG
26th in third down percentage (4 way tie at an atrocious 41%)
32nd in opponents TOP (partly the offenses fault but also a byproduct of the poor performance on third downs)
20th in Rushing YPC (4.2)
30th in opponents rush YPG (127.9)

Ironically we did finish 13th in opposing passer rating (82.9) and did get 41 sacks.

So yes low pressure and pillow soft coverage is a serious problem. The defense needs to get off the field with no points surrendered, not "bend but don't break" as all that does is put us behind the barrel in TOP terms.