Coaching/talent

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Marvin Lewis took the 22nd ranked defense and turned it into the 5th best defense in the league in ONE SEASON.

Gregg Williams took a pretty bad defense and our defense is currently #2 in the league. He did this despite:

-losing the projected starting MLB to IR (Pierce was an UFA)
-losing LaVar Arrington for about 10 weeks (Marshall was an UFA)
-losing the starting RDE (to Warner, another UFA)
-starting DT Joe Salave'a (though he had started just 1 game in 03')
-losing the starting SS (Lott had never started a single game)
-losing the backup SS (Clark had 5 starts under his belt)

Do you see us with the #2 ranked defense with our old defensive coordinator and these injuries?

Moreover, the offense has been so pathetic that I can't believe that anyone on defense is playing with intensity. Our offense wasn't great last year, but it was far better than it is this year.