I believe we have pieces in place, unfortunately a position of weakness that is being seldom talked about would bosst this defense tremendously! You need a good, not decent, LB core to tie together the D line and CB play. We have been missing that for years and until that gets fixed, all else is just a band aid. All three pieces need to work together. Prime example: 2014 the D line was heavy in sacks because they were a strength, however, once teams were beyond the first level, yardage was abundant. This makes LB sneak up and big play happen more often. To try and cover for a weak LB group we not start cheating CB and safeties up which opens up big pass plays. Even with elite CB/S play, a weak LB core leaves open the middle where we get exposed. sound familiar? Bottom line, this team needs to addres the entire LB core to move forward. The LEO/OTTO stuff is smoke and mirrors.

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