[washingtonismoney]

Why let the defense regress? You need elite schemes on both sides of the ball.

Who said anything about letting the scheme regress? No, from a personnel standpoint, if you're losing Shayne Skov, Trent Murphy, Josh Mauro, Ben Gardner -- plus probably/possibly Ed Reynolds, Henry Anderson and A.J. Tarpley -- you're going to regress. Inevitable. There's little projected proven depth on the defensive line or defensive backfield. The only position I feel really good about is linebacker, at the moment. So the defense will surely be worse in 2014, even with excellent player development.

[washingtonismoney]

Why let the defense regress? You need elite schemes on both sides of the ball.

Who said anything about letting the scheme regress? No, from a personnel standpoint, if you're losing Shayne Skov, Trent Murphy, Josh Mauro, Ben Gardner -- plus probably/possibly Ed Reynolds, Henry Anderson and A.J. Tarpley -- you're going to regress. Inevitable. There's little projected proven depth on the defensive line or defensive backfield. The only position I feel really good about is linebacker, at the moment. So the defense will surely be worse in 2014, even with excellent player development.