Washington's defensive unit has continued to ascend within Jack Del Rio's scheme over the last year. During Tuesday's presser, head coach Ron Rivera could not help but note the level of confidence and comfort the defense is playing with a year after Del Rio implemented zone-match concepts in his scheme.
"I think the thing that you can really point to really is just remember last year we talked about how the defense was working on something different and how they were trying to get that zone-match down? It's different now." Rivera stated about the current state of Washington's secondary.