Quote:When you see a coaching staff that keep running the same failed defense play after play, week after week, it doesn't take a rocket scientist (or a football professional) to know that there's a problem with coaching.


 

No doubt the talent is also a factor, but plenty of defenses with less talent and more injuries to their starters got better results. Do you really think the Jags defensive personnel was worse than the Ravens? The Bears? The Eagles?


 

As far as Bradley vs. Babich, either Bradley had a hand in the defense, or he should have after seeing how bad it was. There was also the decision to demote House after he was beaten in single coverage by the only good receiver on Houston. Babich needed to go, but Bradley was also largely at fault.

They had major changes to the defensive philosophy over the course of the season. They went from a team that relied on dropping back in coverage to a team that relied on blitzing. The only thing that stayed the same was that the players were unable to execute regardless of what was called.


I'm not saying the coaches have no fault, I thought Babich was horrible in some situational play calls, but lets not be disingenuous and pretend like the coaching staff didn't try all sorts of things over the course of the season.


The biggest weakness was the inability of our front four to get consistent pressure on the QB. Like we saw, it doesn't matter what scheme you run, if you can't pressure the QB with your front four, an NFL offense is going to find a way to pick you apart.


 

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