Originally posted by 49FanMan:
Serious question: What happened to our run D? Did losing Soap hurt us that bad? Are we scheming differently? Age?
The biggest difference between now and 2011? The level that the DE's are playing at, Justin Smith and Ray McDonald were playing out of their minds that year, I don't think people appreciated how dominant they were against the run, they aren't playing at the same level as they were.