I don’t know if this is something you’ll agree with or not, but I personally think that’s the sign of a good coach and a smart game plan. Recognizing your roster’s strengths or weaknesses, and implementing a game plan that puts the team in the best position to succeed within the constraints (or opportunities) presented by your roster.So you think our defensive backs play 10 yards off the ball and our defensive strategy is to give teams the underneath all game long, waiting for them to make a mistake, because we have superior athletes there? In my opinion the entire defensive game plan is designed to accommodate our players being less athletic than the players they are covering.
Now, the outcome may not have been a success. But I think that’s more on the talent gap than the defensive game plan, and it speaks to recruiting and roster construction rather than the game plan.
Either way, I think history has shown that defensive game plan is not the scab to be picking at. (And maybe this was exactly your point all along!)