In 2014, we lost 4/8 of the 2 deep on d-line. 2 bad linebacker injuries. 2 bad secondary injuries. 13 players who made the depth chart for defense that year ended up injured.
Those injuries gave BVG an alibi for the steep cliff of a drop-off in performance following the FSU game. It took all of 2015 and the 3 games of the terrible 2016 year for BK to realize it wasn't bad luck.