re: Does anyone else......

The most important part of playing defense is being able to execute. Against the spread, read type offense, you have to have all three parts working.
The dl needs to penetrate to force the offense, the lbs need to fill gaps to hold the line and thirdly you must be able to play man coverage.
Maybe it has been hard for the last two reasons or all three combined.
Most of the time our line gets pressure. The lbs seem to miss gaps for differing reasons. The dbs on occasion blow coverage by letting receivers go free.
I have not watched everyplay so it is hard to tell if we are playing man all the time in regard to the offense.
All I do know is you need all of these. Hopefully, with more experience and playing games the dbs will be much more adept at man coverage next year.
I sure think so.