the critical mistake lorenzo ward made was not keeping brison williams at safety. the lack of talent/youth at de and youth at corner are things that are nearly impossible to scheme around. the defense has been bad this year, but this is a team that finds ways to lose games. spurrier teams in general are just way too finesse, and even with a good to great defense in a close game spurrier will abandon the run for no good reason and put the team in position to lose. maybe this was just a one year regression, but it feels way too much like the 2005-2009 spurrier teams. qb's who choke in the clutch and/or a terrible defense depending on the week.
credit to those purple orange bums, they've become the more physical team and it showed. committed to the run and stopped the run, dominated the line of scrimmage.