teams have schemed against this defenses now.
NFL is ever evolving.
Thought I read something where D-coordinators from the Fangio tree have fallen this year to be average to bottom half in defensive rankings this year.
O-Coordinators adapted to run more short passes.
Right now, these defenses only work against Russell Wilson and Kyler Murray who continue to refuse to throw the ball short.
Rams were still in the upper tier in defensive rankings at the beginning of the year before everyone on offense got injured and before AD went out for the year.
Maybe that was an anomaly or maybe the defense was better than what most people were perceiving (style vs output)