Was Austin the Problem with the Defense?

[grampahol]

I seriously doubt that had they kept Austin things might have had a chance to gel properly, but that will remain one of the unanswered questions few will really want to revisit. It's my opinion and probably shared by many that Austin royally screwed the D up to the point of near complete implosion. Still, there will always be that part of the unknown path of what if...what if he had been given another season to fix things. Thank goodness we will never have to find out. Now we'll have to wait and see what the next DC is able to do with whoever remains in stripes.