That’s hardly breaking news, and any Black-and-gold fan would gladly tell you exactly why the defense isn’t measuring up to the example set by the team’s star-studded offense. But after a season which had many highs (e.g. setting a new franchise record for sacks in a season), and many lows (e.g. Ryan Shazier’s injury and surrendering big plays at every turn), you have to think some significant adjustments will be made by the coaching staff.
After all, you can’t expect to do the same things and get a different result, can you?
This is when you get down to the discussion of which is more important — the game plan or the execution of said plan.