Stating your opinion of what failure means doesn't "prove" anything. Random stats that don't really illustrate how the defense is performing as a whole and when it matters most don't either. I get the impression that you don't fully appreciate that yours is just an opinion as well. For example, you don't consider a noticeable dropoff from past performance as problematic, or a failure. That is your right, but ultimately just another opinion.
But we will see how it plays out. I hope you are right and that this defense comes up big in big games. I don't think there's compelling evidence to support that hope, but anything's possible, I suppose.
