Inside the trenches: How Sheldon Rankins is adding value to the Saints defensive line [Film Study]

I'll give you OPR, and points allowed, and a decent number of takeaways. But we were not in the top five in any single category, and below average in a bunch of them. Given all the above, and I don't think I am cherry-picking, I don't see how on earth anyone calls this a "very good defense" last year. They were average, and pretty beat up and fading at the end. I have no idea how this adds up to "very good."

We lost our last 4 road games, you need to play lights out after November.