2011 top 10 Def I would be happy
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Originally Posted by
yashi
I went back to look at some stats on the Pats defense while Crennel was there.
2001 - 20th ranked
2002 - 24th ranked
2003 - 7th ranked
2004 - 9th ranked
Kind of annoying that it took him 2 years to get the defense to anything less than crap, but at least they did turn out pretty good in the end.
I have to really disagree with jlamerson about DJ. I have my doubts about Dorsey being able to play any position in a 3-4, but I think DJ is skilled, athletic, and smart enough to fit in any scheme. He gets overlooked playing in such a horrid defense, but ESPN actually ranked him as the 18th best linebacker in the NFL heading into this season. I was really impressed with his tackling towards the end of the season too.
Two years is really too long to turn around a defense? The first year to figure out who were players and who were not and a year to get everyone on the same page.
I don't care who the Chiefs DC is if he had the defense in the top ten in after two seasons I would be happy.