Patrick Graham - DC

I can't disagree with any of that. Particularly my POV characterization. You are spot on.

I just can't shake the bad feeling that the Steelers are trying to thread a needle that no one else has ever threaded. Hope is not a plan and all that.

 

Kinda where I'm at at the moment with MM. Really, the biggest reason for any excitement heading into the season is just simply a change after 19 seasons. It'll be different. How much different is anybody's guess but one thing we know is that MM is not likely to be running the defense. That right there is a change. And I have to believe MM is a better OC than AS, so some positive light there too.

 

If Graham can coach to this level, then the defense has a chance to be great again;

During his postgame interview, cornerback Devon Witherspoon shared that Macdonald identified a “tell” among the Patriots’ guards and tackles.

“They asked a lot of questions before this game. And I told them I can’t lay the game plan out to the media, but I kind of knew what was going on,” Witherspoon said.
“We had a good tell on what they like to do, how they like to play, and how they were going to attack us. You’re talking about a coach who put us in the best position to win, that’s our coach right there, and that’s why we always have his back.
“We had a tell on their guards and their tackles, how they like to set. They go’n overset on certain rushes, they’re go’n fall for certain moves.”

 

But....I was told Vrabel was an incredible detail oriented football coach that would guide any franchise to untold heights.

Kinda seems like such a guy would or should notice that?