Ben Solak

They have pass rushers and they have man cover players.

How long 10, 15 years of the postseason has been defined by can your defense man up?

Can you play guys one-on-one and can you get after the passer with four?

They can do both of them.

So they have the DNA of a legitimate postseason defense, a Super Bowl defense.

They're also, like I said, being more creative.

You saw them blitz Justin Herbert a ton.

They were pressuring Stroud as well.

They like to blitz on these early downs.

It helps them with their run fits, which is a big deal because they have these lighter edge rushers and they don't really want to go pound for pound against offensive lines like the Broncos.

So I'm confident they're quite a good unit.

Now, the difficult reality of the NFL is that you can be the sixth best defensive football.

If you run into a really good offense, you're just going to get deleted.

This is an offense-driven league.

They certainly are not on the caliber of the Seahawks or the Texans where I don't trust them against a functional offense to suffocate and win the game Anaconda style.

I don't think they can have... The Texans' defense was amazing against the Patriots.

It was the worst game by success rate in Drake May's career that he played against the Texans.

Didn't matter because they had 19 drives that started inside the five-yard line.

But I don't think they can have... I don't think the Patriots defense can have that caliber of a suffocating performance.

That being said, it's a backup quarterback.