Yes it has. Even McDermott knows his defense is trash. He's trying to keep them off the field as much as possible.
It's not the worst strategy to be honest. We have an offense capable of sustaining long drives and converting 3rd and 4th downs.
I would prefer the opposite strategy. Let Josh go up temp score early and make the opponent abandon run game or at least pressure them into having the discipline to keep running down a couple of scores.
But if they stick with ground and pound and score 7 points after a 6 -8 min drive, there is nothing wrong with that.