The secondary was fine..... it was far from great but there were other small issues with the defense that maybe you just weren't able to see in real time and didn't go back and watch the games again.
1. Our LB's had trouble in coverage.
2. QB containment.
3. DL over pursuing.
4. There were times the QB had all day to throw. When you have mostly an average DB group, limiting the time the QB has to throw is important.... I think Shula is going to fix that if Snead can get a LB that is a beast in coverage, which can allow some blitz packages.
All four of the above very fixable, and losing your best DB (Lake) really didn't help either. The Rams defense prior to Lake going down were I believe in the top 10. Ya there is an argument to be made how one player can make a difference, but the same effect happened with our offense when Adams went down, and redzone and 3rd down efficiency was noticeably affected and that is with a stacked offensive group. But as great as our offense was, at times they put the defense in some pretty precarious positions. I won't even begin to get into our ST's, but at least we found a kicker Meevis....hopefully he comes back.
But with that, the reason we didn't get a Super Bowl trophy was because of ST's (punt returner), and the offense inability to capitalize in the red zone.... Sometimes big games require big plays and we just didn't make enough of them to win.
