I agree with James Harrison's assessment of the defense. I'm not particularly a Lebeau fan because I think his defensive schemes are too passive. I say that to say that the defense is not the problem with this team. I know our defense is not dominant as it was during the super bowl runs however, it performed more than well enough for us to win some pivitol games. There are no shut down defenses in the NFL this season. The ones I thought were close (SF, CHI, SEA) all got punched in the mouth more than a few times. If your offense can't put some meaningful points on the board than you're not going to win games in today's NFL.

As far as James Harrison, he's still the best, most effective, intimidating playmaker we have on defense when healthy. Our defense was a mess until returned for the fourth game. I know Harrison is old but I wouldn't be too quick to want to sail him down the river....