After watching the Brooks Austin bit...so I know a lot of talk about the D's stats over Banks tenure...
Year-by-year PPG rankings:
'21: 90th -- first year of Heup....nuff said
'22: 36th -- Hendon, Hyatt, etc. - solid D squad - Byron Young, Jaylen McCollough, Aaron Beasley, Tre Flowers, Banks, Big O, Roman, Baron) - offense blew people out, defense wasn't asked to win games
'23: 23rd -- MIlton - O stepdown with lot less tempo, defense didn't have to deal with tempo issues. Pearce balled, Baron, ONL, McCollough, Beasley, Bryson, JJ, Kamal
'24: 7 -- Nico - O continued slower pace...rushing game dominated....McCoy had his breakout, Will freaking had Brooks 4 INTs, Pearce still balled despite more focus & double teams, Josephs, Eason, Moi, Tyre, etc.
'25: 92 -- Joey - lost McCoy & RG3 for basically whole year, rushing stepped back...Boo issues...Lots of other injuries (Moi - 3+ games, Hobbs - 4 games, Carter - 2 games
All that to say...Is defensive progression for Banks' first 4 year really due to Banks or was it more-so a result of circumstances?
offense was great in '22
tempo was down in '23 & '24
rushing game was great in '22-'24
and lots of NFL players in '22, '23, & '24....
Idk...
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