In my book, Sheila overall has his defense prepared for game situations. They generally use good technique and are in position.
My problem with him and I do not know if it is Mcvay is the lack of aggression, lack of blitzing, lack of man coverage, and a safe approach with heavy zone that makes a quarterback comfortable, resulting in a defense being equal or less than the sum of its parts.
However, he has shown the ability to break from this philosophical approach at times. I think his play calls overall show a lack of experience and he has a big learning curve left however he has shown growth and potential probably not the guy you want for a Super Bowl run, but maybe a good coordinator for the future.
The in game adjustments at times have been way too slow. For example, if Josh Allen is running through the middle of your defense, and you can see Nate landman cannot stop him. You need to make an adjustment namely, putting someone quicker in the landman roll that mistake led directly to a loss.
Some experience coaches out there like Brian, Flores or Vance, Joeseph Have really refined systems with optimized blitz team plays, called at exactly the right time to surprise the offense and get to the quarterback with a great understanding of the blocking scheme by the offense. Our blitzing under Shula always looks a little unrefined and late to get to the quarterback.
