There is blame to go all around. We're paying the wrong people way too much money along with not using max resources. The pats get rid of people that are cap eyesore's before you can blink an eye. So do the Seahawks. We just keep on paying them. It goes way deeper then spending more cap space dollars. This is all on TT.
Don't get me wrong I am tired of Dom Capers defense as much as anyone but without top tier pass rushers his defense will never have a chance. There is no way with our current personnel it will ever work consistently. We don't even have a good enough ILB to pull it off. The whole thing is a joke. It's like tying to put together a Mercedes with Chevy parts.
Blake Martinez has been one of the better ILBs in the game.
Perry is coming off an 11 sack season, Daniels has been widely known as one of the most disruptive 3-4 ends in the league.
Everyone and their mother wanted to get Matthews back at OLB this year where he can just focus on rushing the passer.
Then they went out and spent another 5M on Ahmad Brooks who is also known for his pass rushing ability when healthy.
What more do you want? They are not going to have a Pro Bowl player at every position, it's just not realistic. What exactly does Dom need to be effective? Justin Houston on one side, Chandler Jones on the other and Joey Bosa on the line?
Could the talent be better, sure. But it's not like we're asking the guy to try to mold a bunch of UDFAs into pass rushers here.
Capers also had 3 consecutive seasons to utilize one of the best pass rushers in the history of the NFL, Julius Peppers, who has now returned to Carolina and even in his late 30s still remains one of the most productive pass rushers in football this year. He had him for 3 years to pair with Matthews and Perry, and Daniels on the line, and still could not field a successful defense.
I ask again, is Dom Capers completely incapable of assembling an adequate defense with anything less than every single member of the NFC Pro Bowl team?
