I said it in another thread, Baer was able to mask and hide a lot of deficiencies we had on defense. Namely we have gotten very little pressure with our defensive ends, our linebackers are either a little to small, or a little to slow. Any type of misdirection plays absolutey kill us.
The difference between this year and last was the communication was horrible. Guys appeared to constantly be out of position. This year we are seeing less of that. We just don't have the guys to make plays on a consistent basis.
Also we were missing our best linebacker tonight.
Scheme, game planning is one part of it. The other is you have to have guys that can win individual battles. We don't have enough yet.