I’m really hoping we give Chris Harris a chance at being DC after this season. Bowen was good for his first few years, but our defense is massively underperforming with the talent we have right now.
Harris will probably get hired elsewhere as a DC if we don’t give him the nod, so we might as well give him a shot if we move on from Bowen.
Chris Harris our defensive pass game coordinator and Db coach? Aka the absolute weakest part of our defense? That’s wild.
Bowen is still a good DC. He needs more talent pretty simple. We’re back to where we were in 2020 where there aren’t enough guys on this side of the ball that can win 1 on 1’s regularly.
It starts with the front 7.
Key has been solid but after that- Weaver just isn’t good and hasn’t made any jumps, Landry is having an expected down year post ACL and lastly and sadly Autry had passed his peak. He had been a dog the last few years for us but he’s lost a ton of consistency and isn’t punishing teams for having to double Simmons.
Also with the bad stretch of games from Fulton, then missed games by McCreary and SMB it has left the secondary weaker than it already was.
They need to get Bowen a real pass rusher this off-season and with Landry’s return to form and a stud pass rusher the D will be greatly improved.