"They have embraced our historic brand of football which is physical and intellectual brutality." That says it all."
^ and everyone knows that can't be successful anymore!
And it doesn't exhibit 'genius'; it is about the players. CF is about the Head Coach these days.
BTW: While the offense moves into elite status, the DL recruiting situation is looking like a repeat of the past 3 years, promise followed by disappointment. D recruitment failures will be evident in the upcoming seasons. If you pair disappointing recruiting with questionable coaching that is not the best plan.
I think the DL should be very stout against the run. We've got a lot of big bodies down there now. The question is who will be the dynamic pass-rushing DE that we lacked last year? Hopefully someone will emerge to fill that role.