You allow the growing pains and hope Bishop develops into a good safety. Then you draft Jalon Kilgore in the 1st round in April to compete with Rapp next offseason.
He gets some of the credit yes. He was part of the team that drafted him. He brought Joe Brady in as the OC. Hes the head coach, he gets some of the credit when the team wins.
Its funny how McDermott gets all the credit for not being able to stop one of the best offenses in football, but none of the credit for how well guys like Ed Oliver played.
Bernard's size wouldnt be as big an issue if he played with better gap control last night. He played the wrong gap multiple times allowing cut backs. The defense will get better the more they play together.
The offense had the ball with 3 minutes left to win the game last year. McDermotts defense didnt forget to shift the line to the right side of the blitz.
His average points per game given up on defense is 1.7 points less than Belichick who has 6 rings. Kept his opponents under 20 points in 6 of 14 games.