It's one of the most important positions teams need five or six to cover injuries and change things around as it seems to be one the most substituted...
I think teams started to suss out how to stop us, Bowler stopped being able to cut inside, and he did change to a more defensive approach around that...
Maybe it's that Danny Rohl is a much better Manager than Xisco Munoz who had a 0% win ratio in 12 games, and he dragged them out of a false position...