You take a defense that was built around a completely different scheme, then hire a coordinator that runs a scheme that in no way do we have the proper player models to run effectively and hope it works.
Invest heavily in 2 big physical corners to jam at the line and play man coverage. Next year- lets just play zone. Infact let's try to duplicate the Tampa 2 with probably not a single correct piece in place to run it.
I knew Ryan's defense would get off to a slow start- it's over complicated, and he showed up with the lockout looming. But damn, we weren't that bad, and actually forced 3 and outs! When's the last time we saw that?