[GTripp0012]

The funny thing is, if you squint hard enough, you can actually see -- maybe -- where the offense (which received Jabar Gaffney and Donte Stallworth and Chris Chester), made a bigger improvement than the defense (which received a total overhaul). You could at least entertain the argument that the patient approach to improving the offense actually worked.

The offense wasn't very good still, but it had multiple 30 point efforts when the coaches stopped spiting themselves with awful playing time decisions (Beck, Torain, Cook) and uninspiring gameplans. And they turned Rex Grossman from a hilarious liability into an average player who was confident enough in himself and his teammates to make multiple good throws under duress this year. In doing so, they discovered (although I'm sure they don't see it this way) that there's nothing they can do to curb his turnover tendency.