Legacy

[HPF Bob]

If we're going to use the Steelers as a model, it should be noted that our original head coach was a product of the Steelers system. That's why he was dogmatic about the 3-4 defense and why he was so adamant about drafting Jason Babin.

So, I would conclude that trying to "be like the Steelers" was already tried.

Granted, the defense wasn't that bad for an expansion team but the offense, filled with rookies, was pathetic and by the time the offense found some players, the veteran defense collapsed.

Now, our offense is better than our defense so it all goes round in circles. If Kubiak gets the hook in the next year or two, expect the new HC to be a defensive coach. That's just the way the doggie-tail-chasing NFL goes.

[NBT]

HPF - I disagree with you on the NOLA comparison because they had a better fundamental core of players than we did, having had so many more years to accumulate it. To say that the Texans were similar is just too far of a stretch for me. We actually had a better core from the expansion draft than we did at the end of the C & C era.