-Less long slow drives by the offense than last year. Less offensive effectiveness overall.
- Teams figuring out our ameaboid blitzes, and we’re just using them less.
- We miss McCain, especially his mental and emotional leadership. I hate that I was right about this off season.
- Lost Lawson and KVN as pass rushers. AVG hasn’t stepped up, and Phillips took a bit of time to get going.
- We’ve faced some really good offenses.
- Howard and Jones might be a bit hobbled.
- Turnovers, 3rd down defense, and red zone defense tends to regress to the mean. It doesn’t always, but the tendency is there.
It’s seldom just one thing, especially on defense.