I think our offense was worse in 2014 than 2013, our defense was much better in 2014. Still can't blame all the run game shortcomings on the offense. I don't dislike Kiko, just didn't get into the infatuation that many did. It kind of blinds people to the reality.
DPOY - Defensive player of the year? In what universe was that? Yes, we agree his play tailed off, that's a negative, not a positive. And he hasn't come back from his 2nd ACL tear , yet. Got anything else?
and one of the worst run defenses in the league. It's where you make the tackles, not how many. We didn't really miss him too much, did we? In fact, defense was dominant most of last year, piss poor against the run the year before.
did you notice how often he was out of position, how often he was manhandled by blockers, how he had all his sacks, INT's , FF in the first 4 games and nothing after that. How our run defense was awful until someone replaced him.....
The team that wins the trade is the team that got the better player. McCoy by a mile.
We trade for a premier player and gave up someone that didn't even play last year.
Our defense was tremendous after he got hurt and replaced.
McCoy is a difference maker.
Great trade.
The biggest change in our defense this past year personnel wise was Spikes for Kiko - our defense was significantly better this past year. Kiko was moving to a new position because he wasn't good enough to play in the middle. Fans love him, but he is overrated. He may turn out to be very good, but McCoy is special. Love the trade
Therein lies the problem. We don't have a QB that we have confidence in to 'move the chains'. You make it sound so simple - just get first downs when we need them.