Did the defense give up on him or did it have a lot of injuries?
Late in the season, when the tide turned from being in games and losing by a score to getting stomped we missed Will Johnson for a bunch of games, Max Melton for a bunch of games, Nolen for a bunch of games, Mack Wilson, DTD, Garrett Williams missed games. That defense was held together with string. Especially the backfield.
Drob was a bad pick, I always said he was. You can't turn crap into gold. He's actually had very few players to develop in offense heavy drafts. Outside of last year which is early to judge (although Nolen, Johnson and Burke have looked good) he's had Beej who's been injured half his time here, Garrett Williams who has been good, Pappoe, Clark and Stills, of which I'd say Stills has been good and Clark decent depth. DTD has been good. Max Melton not so much. That's a fair mix.
Have all his staff left? I know some have, but some still remain. I think he's mainly missing safeties and D line now they hired cornerbacks.
But really none of this matters because my position isn't that Rallis is great and we should defo have kept him, I've said I wouldn't have minded a new face. What I said was, it doesn't matter that we kept him because next year is a write off already and in that scenario I don't mind seeing what a 32 year old, with 3 years play calling under his belt that is considered a great young defensive mind, can do.
What's the harm? We have no QB. I hate to break this to you all, but we ain't winning the superbowl next year. There's a 98% chance we don't make the playoffs in the toughest division in football. There's a very strong chance we finish last in the division. Because, no quarterback.
That's not to say I think next year will be all gloom. I think with an improved OL and a lot of players back from injury, plus Mikes offensive scheme, that we can possibly be a .500 team, but in this division that gets you last place. I think the team will be more fun to watch and competitive in a lot of games but this is the toughest division in football and until we get a top tier QB that can play consistent football it's going to be tough. That's if Rallis can do a decent job.
With that in mind, why not give Rallis a shot out doing what he wants with his own defense? Maybe it's more of the same, in which case we lost absolutely nothing, and we finish in a good spot to draft a QB.
Or maybe he's not and we have a future star on our hands? Who knows? But there's very little downside to finding out.
