long distance
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They didn't make a single stop. Not one.
Tackling - the supposed strength of this team - disappeared not only vs BUF but for most of last part of the season. That was the most baffling thing about this stretch. When best tackler Dugger showed with only one arm and second best tackler Bentley went down early it already felt its going to be ugly. There were just DMC and Phillips left with occasional tackle. JC stopped tackling a while ago, IDL completely lost the grip, Judon for whatever the reason lost himself along the way, HT was catching for straws before and injury didn't help, Collins is warm weather situational player etc.
In any case this was (likely) just the last chapter of the old D champs that lost their step a while ago but were kept on big last yr contracts.
The big rebuild of D was always coming in 2022..