Defensive coordinator

[barrett]

I just don't like a guy who was fired because his defense was terrible.

Phillips took over DC play calling last year and his defense was great. He had obvious issues with discipline and the role of head coach, but even in failure it was clear he could scheme a defense.

Capers always put a decent defensive product on the field here (and sometimes a really good one). His lack of offensive understanding got him fired.

Also, both guys had a long history of success as DCs. My point was that Singletary has never really shown that as a DC and showed nothing defensively as a HC.

Lewis obviously was successful as a DC, and Fox has done it as a head coach, but Singletary has no real coaching success at the coordinator level or the HC level.