[Austroturf]

I would also be interested to see statistics on how long our defense is on the field these days and how many 3-and-outs they manage versus previous defensive units (but I don't have the stats).

Here you go. No exact numbers on 3-and-outs that I saw, but a couple metrics that help paint a picture.

Pretty simple conclusions to draw from this. Our defense wasn't even on the field a lot...it was just plain bad.

Thanks for this comprehensive overview.  And, yes, the trend is clearly down from the early years under Shaw.

[Austroturf]

I would also be interested to see statistics on how long our defense is on the field these days and how many 3-and-outs they manage versus previous defensive units (but I don't have the stats).

Here you go. No exact numbers on 3-and-outs that I saw, but a couple metrics that help paint a picture.

Pretty simple conclusions to draw from this. Our defense wasn't even on the field a lot...it was just plain bad.

Thanks for this comprehensive overview.  And, yes, the trend is clearly down from the early years under Shaw.