In 2010 we were only average at stopping the run but against the pass it was VERY difficult. Most teams number one goal is to stop the run and then rush the passer. Doms D is very much the same D that the Pittsburgh D throws at you as well as the Ravens. If we want to dominate teams we need to upgrade our players. All those teams have 2 OLB's that can rush the passer. We don't even have a blind side rusher, which is very WEAK if you plan to stop the pass. We need to upgrade that front 7 if we want to hold down the high powered offenses.
We can do it with this scheme, and dominate at doing it but we need a good draft, bring in some solid FA additions and have a good off season program.
I think it's a little silly to blame Dom for having a trashy personnel. Especially in the front 7. We need to retool our D this year if we want to be getting into a game of war.
In 2010 we had a ton of games where our offense got shut down but our defense picked it up and allowed us to still succeed in those types of games. This year, if our offense had any sort of bad showing, we would lose, and we did.
Originally Posted by: Rios39