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Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN
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Talk about cherry picking statistics. That guy's story is so misleading. In every single example he cited he didn't give any numbers from the next couple of years with the same teams.
The 3rd year in Philly, his defense was back up to 14th.
He followed up the bad year in Denver with having the 3rd ranked D in 91.
After the bad year in Buff, he lead the 2nd ranked D in the league in 99.
San Diego, he was back to 7th after the bad year there.
There are going to be good years and bad years because of injury, personnel changes and the dependency on the offense to not leave you on the field for 3/4 of the game. His last year in Houston, his defense, as bad as it was still had a better ranking than their terrible offense.
Bleacher report analysis isn't the best out there but the author did point out how defensive rankings were like a roller coaster with huge swings up and down. At least the author of that article doesn't split his time covering English Premier League Soccer.
Phillips has averaged ranking 14.5 in points allowed over his career. He is averaging being in the top half of the league.
He hasn't squeaked into the top half either.
Top 10 defense 10 times.
Top 5 defense 5 times.
I don't believe anybody thinks Phillips is the answer for the next decade. We aren't the Steelers.
He is a good defensive coordinator who would help us in the short term if we can't find the next big thing.