It's the lack of talent in the secondary which is why you see Perkins dropping so much. House has no choice but do that. Sorry sometimes you just can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit. We need better chickens.
Stating the obvious for a sec. It’s not thst D had a rough season, it’s that there has really been NO improvement!
The ol’ John McKay line comes to mind: Reporter: "Coach, what did you think about the execution of your defense?" McKay: "I’m all for it!"