Brown and Bradham most certainly don't suck. In Schwartz's D they were putting the hurt on other people. Brown was a fantastic rookie LB playing virutally every snap on D, he was also the guy responsible to communicate the playcalling.
I remember some really great hits by Brown filling the gaps against the run and he really surprised people when he looked comfortable in coverage (2 ints)
The key that year was that they were in position to make plays, wether that was from fluid communication, coaching and scheme or all three combined.
I hated what Ryan did to defense this year, lack of common sense, bad communication and what's more important lack of humility to realize that the defense was superb as it was.
Who do you guys envision replacing Mario Williams? Is that guy on the roster? If he is, who is it?