This isn’t your father’s National Football League.
Out is any chance of witnessing a truly historic defense. In is the factual idea that a dink-and-dunk three-step-drop offense can score at will if executed perfectly. It wasn’t always like this.
For example, take the classic 1985 Chicago Bears. Buddy Ryan’s famed 46 unit could stop an NFL offense based on pure will alone. They could impose their strength and skill and stop an offense in its tracks even if it executed perfectly. We could also say the same about the 2000 Baltimore Ravens.
Eighteen years later, forget about it.