[washingtonismoney]

I think most fans give the defense a pass because the problem there is largely that we're not as talented as we had been, that we have obvious weaknesses that you can only fix through recruiting (this year it seems to be safety and DL, previous years it was mostly DL).

I dunno, I think people are just more plugged into scheme stuff on offense. There's no good explanation for the six-man ILB rotation (2016), shifting Alfieri to ILB (2017), the five-man boxes in running situations (2015-18), to take three examples off of the top of my head. 

Talent-wise, I'll grant you the players don't look quite as talented on offense. But the defense also was straight-up bad in 2017 despite being highly experienced (and had multiple third-round draft picks in Phillips and Reid, plus sixth-rounder Kalambayi). This year has been not much better, and there's more talent than that.

[washingtonismoney]

I think most fans give the defense a pass because the problem there is largely that we're not as talented as we had been, that we have obvious weaknesses that you can only fix through recruiting (this year it seems to be safety and DL, previous years it was mostly DL).

I dunno, I think people are just more plugged into scheme stuff on offense. There's no good explanation for the six-man ILB rotation (2016), shifting Alfieri to ILB (2017), the five-man boxes in running situations (2015-18), to take three examples off of the top of my head. 

Talent-wise, I'll grant you the players don't look quite as talented on offense. But the defense also was straight-up bad in 2017 despite being highly experienced (and had multiple third-round draft picks in Phillips and Reid, plus sixth-rounder Kalambayi). This year has been not much better, and there's more talent than that.