LOL come on. Where did I say it would be better? I know you are a teacher but come on learn to read. I said I thought they would be good or better than what they showed in this game. After watching preseason they played well. Sorry if you "knew" they would be bad. More like you were all pessimistic and you got one right
They gave up a number of big plays in the preseason.  I'm not pessistic, but I've seen it before elsewhere.  Go look at the Packers the last years under the Bates defense, and the big plays they gave up at critcal moments.  That is one of the reason Packer fans were calling for Bates head more than we were in Tampa for Gruden.  And now all of a sudden with Capers at the D helm, the Fox crew is talking about a Packer team strong enough to reach the SB...and BTW, look how much better their D looks.  That is all I'm saying.