The fact that BB has his sons coaching defense has been discussed thoroughly, yet I believe that the most salient aspect of the conflict of interest is at the heart of the team’s imbalance. As a father your natural instinct is to set it up for your children to have the best chance possible to succeed. The team has become so one sided and imbalanced I believe it has to do with his instinct to ensure his sons succeed. Although the prevailing thought was that BB was an old school smashmouth style coach, I don’t think that is entirely true as earlier in his tenure he would see how the league was trending and adapt the style of team to succeed in that environment. He got Moss, Welker, and Stallworth when he saw the league wanted to open up the air game. Now he seems oddly fixated solely on the defense, to the point of total neglect of the offense. I can understand the misses on skill players (not at his rate though) but even an untrained fan could watch the offensive line turn into absolute garbage over the last 3 years. I don’t care if you have Brady, Moss and Welker in their prime, a terrible offensive line is a death sentence. The only conclusion I can come up with for this is that he has become myopic to the point of neglect with the offense due to his desire to create a successful path for his sons and demand for them as coaches after he retires.
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