No. The '15 defense was an all time historic defense. We do not have the NFZ anymore. We may have upgraded at DL but we are down at CB and LB and DC if you really want to go there.
Now, I do expect our defense to be top 5. Maybe top 3. It will be very good. And it should be good enough to win us a fair few games. Depending upon what we see from Case and the O it might be enough of a swing to overcome the loss on defense.
So the moral of the story in relation to what you are asking. It could work out. It could. If I had to guess without seeing anything, Id say our best year with plummer is about the highest we can expect this year if Case plays lights out. We need a better 3rd CB, we need another LB, to come closer to replicating the 15 Crush.
The Plan at the moment:
Draft: Trade a 3rd and 6th this year to a team to move up and get a 2nd next year (this will happen).
Players I want:
Jake Ferguson (Jake Butt) or Jelani Woods or Jeremy Ruckert or Cade Otten (owen daniels) at TE- All 4th rd or later.
Troy Anderson LB 3rd/4th rd (yay Timmy!)
Neil Farrell, JR DL- run stuffer- bye purcell