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The guy might completely suck as a defensive coordinator, and you're never going to have 11 pro bowlers. There will always be a Kendrick Lewis or Sean Smith or Dunta Robinson or Tyson Jackson.
But when our pass rush was cooking, that was an elite defense. Part of that was playing weaker QBs, but I wouldn't have put Romo, Eli, and Vick in the "dog shit" category, yet the defense held those teams to 16, 16, and 7.
Even later on, it wasn't like the defense was giving up legendary point totals, especially when you consider they were playing Peyton and a resurging Rivers twice apiece.
This defense still ended up a top-5 scoring unit. (I said unit heh)
What's strange about that is we were top 5 scoring defense, but towards the bottom in passing yards, rushing yards AND takeaways.
So... I have no ****ing clue what this defense is. Only that it's better when Houston is healthy and Kendrick Lewis is a distant memory.
I think the book hasn't been written on Sutton yet. It won't shock me to see a huge regression or a giant step forward.
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