Despite your repeatedly saying it, the Patriots did not have a poor defense in 2008. It was ranked in the Top Ten and Top Eight as far as Points Allowed.
The Only statistic that looked bad was the % of TD given up in the Red Zone, but that was misleading. The Pats allowed one of the fewest number of attempts in the Red Zone. IOW they stopped them, BEFORE they got to the red zone, most of the time. So what is wrong with that?
As far as changing the red zone statistic a mere swing in 5 opportunities from TDs to FGs would have obviated that misleading statistic.
No Thank You. I prefer giving up a near league low in red zone opportunities as a truer measure of defensive quality.
I agree we need more sacks. But with all the injuries to the sackers, it is not surprising, the low number. If anything it si amazing the defense did as well as it did in the circumstances. If anything, the return to health and development of the youngsters will probably automatically produce a more normal number of sacks.