This team if properly coached might have gotten to 6-6....maybe. Folks who thought the defense was not going to take a step back given the losses from last season were smoking crack. That defense was among the very best in the country, was very fast at many positions and Brown had them wound up like a top. Some deterioration had to be expected. That said, I was horified at the opener. The play at LB was terrible and we had no, none, zilch pass pressure. Like so much of P's tenure the mysteries aboung and I have no idea on what planet Ahiru and Vann sit in favor of Stewart and Donehue. Seeing the OL play that night I knew the season was headed for a disaster.
As for last season, only somebody stupid enough to put GDL in charge of the OL and offense could manage to win only 5 games with that defense and against that schedule. That was a particularly special accomplishment.