Yeah great is Spags in KC. If chiefs have a lead late in the postseason only a great qb has a chance. Other than that, turn out the lights the party's over
I guess Spags is the object lesson though. Often times personnel is what makes a good DC a great DC. Sprags was terrible when he was here mostly because our personnel was bad. And that's kind of true right now. I mean, the truth is that the Saints have virtually no pass rush, our DTs are well below average and DA still managed to play good D. Yes, they have issues at the end of the half and at the end of the game, but a pass rush makes a lot of difference in those situations.
That being said, some of my issue with DA is that this year in particular he seemed to have lost all aggression. In the last few years when we weren't getting a pass rush he blitzed to compensate but he seemed unwilling to do that this year. It's kind of baffling. All he would do is the simulated pressure and then drop back.
And, of course, to the extent that our defensive personnel is bad, a lot of that falls on DA as the head coach.