I like your optimism, OP. Ideally, our defense will get some guys back the next 3 weeks, and also start giving more snaps to the guys who do better.
If our D improves, we could even win some games by scores like 24-13. It helps to be able to win that type of ball game in the playoffs. Even the most high flying offenses will have games where they are off or a playoff defense just solves them for a game.