On the defensive side, we're still living off a bunch of the guys drafted during the Parcells years (namely the epic 2005 draft) where Parcells and Steven Ireland found the talent.
Jerry has only been able to find guys at skill positions to go around our solid foundation. But this year, our core has been fucked, and Jerry doesn't know how to build it back up again. Everyone knew we needed to address the oline this offseason. But he does nothing. Everyone knew we need Safety help, but he does nothing. Instead he gets Dez (who's a BEAST), but players like that only work when we have a solid foundation in place.