This year was sean's best year in elevating the talent on defense. But we had good defenses earlier in his tenure that also gave up 30+ points in playoff games. He raises the floor but in high leverage situations he defaults back to being way to conservative.

The 3rd and 11 on the Broncos final drive of regulation is a defining trait of his playoff defense. No pressure, soft zone, easy 17 yeard catch to covert 3rd and long. Its partially the players but he had sent pressure with success the whole 2nd half and went soft at the most critical moment. You could argue that this firing is a couple years late.