They had a more or less fully intact smash-mouth defense when they went on their run. If we get in, I could see us winning a first round home game but nothing beyond that.
It wasn't so much keeping him as it was the money. In all likelihood, based on past production, even they didn't think he was worth $8M a year. They only kept him because they were stuck (no viable OLB replacement on the team or in the draft).