Quote:Ok let me give you stats then.

 

Wade Phillips

 

DC for SD Chargers 2004-2006: Total Defense Rankings - 18th, 20th, 23rd respectively.

DC for Dallas 2007-2010: Total Defense Rankings - 24th, 25th, 24th, 10th respectively.

DC for Texans 2011-2013: Total Defense Rankings - 31st, 26th, 26th respectively

DC for Denver Broncos 2015: Total Defense Rankings - 32nd

 

So tell me how Wade Phillips isn't a bad DC with 10+ years of stats to give you. I'll wait...

Not sure where you got your rankings.

 

2015 Broncos finished first in defense, not 32nd. 

 

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?a...&Submit=Go

 

What I think you did was go to NFL.com and pull up the annual defensive rankings, but they show the rankings in inverse order (from worst to first).  If you look at the yardage totals down that column, the numbers get smaller.  Without adjusting, that 2013 Houston team appears to be ranked 26th.  Click that red arrow, and you will get the true order.

 

Think about it.  Were the 2013 Jaguars better than Houston defensively, much less 21 spots better?

 

In fact, here's his entire career as a head coach or coordinator...

 

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/co...hilWa0.htm

 

If you look under the 5th heading labeled "defense", there are three subcategories...yds, points, and takeaways.

 

Since 1981, his defenses-either as a head coach or coordinator-have been top ten in yards some EIGHTEEN (18) times.

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