I agree about the line, I think after Bumpas left we never had a great line, and I think Patterson lost the morale of the team and wasn't flexible enough after Bumpas left. But I think overall he's a much better coach than Dykes, and while our trajectory up was in question, we never looked this bad. I mean we looked terrrrible out there. Dykes wasn't the answer, and he lucked into a perfect storm, which to give him credit he handled well, and we should expect to drop last year, but good lord we look bad now, he's had time to install everything.
Our defense looks wretched, they let everything through, and it's not just a line issue, it's an everything issue, safeties not tackling, running the weird 3-3-5 but not being able to stop runs, linebackers giving up passes, just everything looks bad, on the defensive end there's all the talent, but they're not being coached.
Now if we could get Patterson to be D-Coordinator.....That would be a good middle ground.