The Arizona Cardinals enter their bye week at 3-7-1, a record that can largely be blamed on the defense. You know the stats by now, and they’re brutal—any which way you look at it, this is a bottom-5 unit, one of the very worst in the NFL. It seems like every week they cost us a game that the offense played well enough to win. The defense is as painful to watch as the offense is entertaining.
It’s been a problem for two years running now. How did we get here? Yesterday, Andy Kwong discussed defensive coordinator Vance Joseph’s culpability.