Bob Sanders really was that bad

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Actually, I recall other coaches praising the uniqueness of his blitz scheme after the first game. I thought the problem was that it was too complex for it's own good considering our players couldn't figure it out any better than the opposing team could. It didn't take long before our personnel forced Slowik into a team mandated limited defensive set.

So while the defense ended up playing a very basic scheme, I don't think it was because Slowik was unoriginal. He tried to be too clever with sub par talent.

He succeeded in the first game versus Carolina, but then the bottom fell out. People either had enough film to block it or Carolina was uniquely vulnerable, but those exotic blitzes stopped getting home and QBs had time to throw. We also had a huge game running on the Carolina D.

And whether by scheme, talent or coach, the secondary could not prevent big plays if the QB had time.