Remember how bad Shane Bowen and the defense was last year? We were all calling for his head, me included. A lot of you guys were ready to trash Byard last year too now he’s back to the Pro Bowl.
I know it’s easy to say “get rid of Downing, move on from Tanny, Lewan is bum now”, etc. but this offense has been really banged up. This last game shows a flash of what it could and should look like when all of our weapons are back. And this last game was with a makeshift line.
And I’m no Downing apologist, he been pretty bad and a big part of the problem too. Just saying, maybe he’ll follow the path of Bowen and end up getting the hang of things. Art Smith had his learning curve as well.