Article about the defense

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(06-03-2020, 08:17 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: It's not like that, at all.  Many people seem to think that building a team means just getting rid of poor player in favor of better ones.  Much like putting a new engine in your car, or upgrading your graphics card on your gaming pc.  But with a sports team, there's much more that goes into it.  You have to A, have a master plan, B. select quality players that have the skill sets to fit what you want to accomplish, and C. Bring them together as a cohesive group that knows and trusts one another.

Many times we have seen the "collection of talent' approach fail miserably.  (I'm looking at Cleveland, NY Jets, Washington, Miami, etc.)  People get all googly eyed when a team "wins" free agency, but unless they truly have a plan, like Tom Coughlin did when he retooled the Jacksonville Jaguars a couple of years ago.  That is just about the only "store bought" team that I've ever seen get that close to winning it all.

To be honest, your "snappy little one liner" response actually seems rather short sighted and lazy.. 

But it was snappy, though.   
I was just going for a quick chuckle. My days of bitterness are mostly behind me. More excited to see what we have this season, on both sides of the ball.

Still, had to be demoralizing to get stomped like that. It was down to much more than overconfidence and lack of good reps generated by practicing against an inferior O line. How much was bad coaching?  How much was talent? How much was  good players needing a change of teams? 

The fact that they never gave up is a testament to
A) the players professionalism 
B) the coaches ability to keep the players going
This was good to see. Marvin's teams didn't quit on him either, until,  perhaps,  the very end of his tenure. 

I agree that talent isn't everything.  Hopefully it was most of the problem.  Because if it wasn't,  then we have essentially the same DC and staff, bringing similar results this year.