The game was on grass. Go back to 2012 and look at the games we played on grass. We struggled against teams like Miami.
We don't win on grass because our guys are lighter but faster, and faster slows down on grass. Being lighter means we cannot hold ground.
It means that unless we are playing on turf in SF, we are likely losing that one too. If you go back last year, you will see we got fortunate and almost all the away games were on turf.
This team, combined with losing Mebane, after having lost Red and Clemons was simply never going to be able to beat a good team away from the turf. In fact, we have not beaten a single above average team on the road this year.
The game was not lost by the defense, it was lost by the Front Office before the first game kicked off.