The LBs are a dumpster fire. The rest of the roster is middling. The secondary is actually promising.
Anything but a dumpster fire.
Now that we kept talking about a 3-4 which leverages LBs? That shows in the intellect and capability of our defensive staff.
The defensive roster is not the problem. Honestly, we have spent more draft capital on the Defense than the offense.
We made the playoffs because our secondary is good at ball hawking and because our offense puts up #s. Not because of anything the coaching staff did with the defense.
And really, we made the playoffs because a few other teams fell off the cliff, we had an easier path. The Rams imploded AND the Cardinals ARE a dumpsterfire. Basically the only real team we had to play in our division was the 49ers.
Either way, the offense engendered that playoff slot opportunity, not the defense.