(10-31-2024, 02:40 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(10-31-2024, 09:45 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: This is pretty much the same defense as last year except a few spots.  We had a ton of injuries on D last year as well. We added 2 high to mid draft picks at DT, Armstead, Darby, Savage, a healthy Miller, and added a good slot corner in Jones.  Now we are 15 spots worse than last year.  

 Coaching absolutely makes a masive difference if you get the right guy.  We don't have the talent to be a top 5 D but we have the talent to look much better than we have.  Before the injuries started to stack up on D last year our defense led the league mid season with 15 turnovers.  We are now on place to set the record for the fewest turnovers in NFL history.  Crazy to think coaching doesn't matter lol.  Our core of this defense is still here with actually a few upgrades, Armstead is one big upgrade but the coach plays him out of position and subs his guys in and out like it's a hockey team.  We have an upgrade at nickel as well but it took the coach mid season to figure it out.  If coaching didn't matter teams wouldn't fire coaches every year.  Huge differences when teams get the right coach.

They essentially swapped out 3/5 of the nickel secondary and only got one of the three right. 

The approach to the IDL is a failure, and they are getting jack squat from the Artmstead signing and IDL draft picks. 

If they'd chosen the new safety more wisely and done the same for their IDL, then maybe this new scheme doesn't appear to be a total failure, but as of now... you gotta' feel like it's the wrong Jimmies and Joes AND the wrong X's and O's.