Smoke coming out of JY53's ears?
I see what you mean, certainly. Unfotunately oldnotdead doesn't read JY53 or he'd have earned, by now, as many of us have that Tampa 2 has been pretty much dead in the water for a while and that's not what Morris runs.
I seem to recall that during Fangio's time in Denver he had a pretty good pass rusher that made his D backfield look pretty good (somebody Miller?) whose position coach was some guy named Staley... hmm... Interceptions? Not that frequent, but quarterback harrassment, constant.
And I had to look it up: In Chicago in 2016 had Fangio as DC with Ed Donatelli on his staff, who followed him to Denver to be the DC. The linebacking and DL group got a whopping 23+ sacks, while the DB unit only got 5 picks. There were some good players in both units. Leonard Floyd, ras a rookie, got 7 sacks.
My overall takeaway from this informal research and random observation is that
the Fangio-Staley-Morris defense is geared to play the percentages rather than gamble (albeit gambling is more exciting - or disastrous, depending)
and to be effective is driven by a strong pass rush. Drops and passes defended stats didn't show in my quick lookups but I recall from being force-fed Bronco games during that era that they were tough to pass against. Somebody was always in the QB's grill - and over the course of a game the D got stronger and wore opponents down shile not giving up a lot of points.
All of this confirms my original opinion:
You need the horses up front. The effectiveness of the D rests on that.
