re: How bad was the defense?

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In retrospect, it seems pretty clear that the midseason spasm of relative competence (using the term very loosely) that got everybody all excited was little more than a temporary "hot" streak at best, and pretty much a complete illusion at worst. That shutout of Tampa is the very definition of an outlier. This defense is no better than it was in September. And it's not just a case of LYING STATS(!!!) making it look worse than it was. I watched every snap of every game this year, and the stats tell the absolute truth. It was every bit as bad as the stats suggest.

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Some of this has to fall on Zod/Spags.

We know the personnel did not fit his D but apparently he didn't.
If the Saints D this coming year is not at least somewhere near the middle he needs to get the axe.