When the defense is lining up it's 4th and 5th CB's as starters I would expect a decline in production particularly in passing defense yet we gave up only 2 more total yards than KC's defense who was 16th in yardage given up.
I'm not saying he's going to be a great DC, but he should be allowed another year to make it better. It's easy to see our defense has no speed. Especially in the LB room, except for the rookie Phillips. Same thing on the edges, except for Ward. Look at these stats from the dallas game and see all the tackles by the DB's. It shows the opposing OC's knew the way to beat this defense is to throw the ball. Dak threw for 502 yards and 4TD's. Pigben through for 501 in the playoff game.
Fix it by adding an edge and a speedy LB'er who can cover and see what Wood's D does with it. We don't have to do a complete over haul. That would set this D back and take the rest of the team with it maybe out of the playoffs. Instead add to it. On all levels and grow it some more.
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