when we had one killer unit that was wasted because of the shortcomings of the other. In 2012 it was a killer defensive unit wasted by Riley's dragging the entire offense down and in 2001 it was a killer offense that was shackled with a terrible defense.

I know Bronco was able to work miracles in turning the defense around in 2010 but I'm not entirely confident he can do that again. That was a pretty different situation. He canned Hill in 2010 and gave the D a fresh start, but in this scenario he's keeping Howell on board and intends to keep him as DC. He says he's taking charge of the defense but as HC he was already in charge of the defense. How much change will there really be?