Quote:The Colts just got wiped out of the playoffs. Luck threw four interceptions. Luck had seven interceptions in two playoff games.

 

Yes.

 

The Colts lost Bruce Arians, and went right back to the playoffs and won their first playoff game.  

 

The Broncos lost Mike McCoy, and set all time NFL records on offense. 

 

The Panthers lost Rob Chudzinski, and won their division.  

 

How many examples do you need?   Teams lose coordinators all the time and do not take a step back.   

 

You said, "The fact that Seattle has felt zero negative impact from losing Gus Bradley just convinces me he had little or nothing to do with Seattle's defensive success in the first place."  

 

I have given you three examples of teams that lost coordinators last year and they felt zero negative impact.   So you would apparently assert that out of all three NFL coordinators who were hired as head coaches last year, all three had little or nothing to do with their prior team's success.   So what you assert about Gus, you would also assert about the other three? 

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