Idk our D was shit before AD went down last year too
At the time of Donald's injury in 2022
Yards allowed 10th
Rushing yards allowed 4th
Defensive points allowed 13th
Redzone Defense 2nd
Goal-line defense 1st
First downs allowed 6th
forcing 3-and-outs 12th
DVOA - 16th
Defense was playoff-quality defense through 11 weeks.
If you didn't like it, fine, but the facts show it was far better than
people give credit for.
It's one thing to not like the scheme - fair game
It's another to not compare it to the rest of the NFL. The problem
in 2022 was the offense ... bottom 5 in many things, but #1 in
most injuries to the OL, so not placing undue blame on offense
they had reasons for what happened.
Defense did fall apart after Donald went down -- that is also backed
up by numbers