Who are the mid-season duds of the defense?

Got to be McPhee.

I liked his showing in Green Bay, but I think Floyd has been a dud outside that game.

Three way tie to anyone playing DE not named Aikem Hicks. Bullard was the only one I had hope for...so I guess him.

I'd have to agree that of the two ILBs we signed it's Freeman who has outplayed his contract so far.  Trevathan has been banged up a bit and of the two I believe he's been affected most by the loss of Goldman to protect him.

Otherwise up until the GB game Floyd has to have been my single biggest disappointment. Top ten picks are expected to start and make an impact and prior to the last game he simply has not done that.  How he performs during the second half of the season will determine his final grade but to date he's been sub par in nearly every way he could be.

As for the rest of the defense they've all played some spotty football.  Some very good games, some very bad ones.  So there simply hasn't been enough consistency from most of them to call all but one or two a stud and just as few have been a complete dud every game.  They simply don't play well for 60 minutes although some of that goes on the offense for not being able to control the ball well enough to keep them off the field.

The two biggest criticisms I have are holdovers from last year and those are the defenses lack of turnovers and their inability to make key 3rd down stops.  In that regard they keep themselves on the field more than they should.

Expectations mean something. No one thought Mitch or Corny would do much, a lot was put on Danny T helping turn the D around, and really the only 2 standing out are Freeman and Hicks.