These days, every LB/RB look weak in more or less any team, not just the German N11, if the lads in front of them don't back track - that's the fundamental problem with Löw. He's stuck in the stone age when attackers only attack and defenders only defend. That's particularly sad as with the exception of Özil and perhaps Schürrle, every other German AM is used to back tracking duties at his club so Löw wouldn't demand something new.
Look at almost every goal Germany conceded during the appr. last 2 years and you'll find that ususally the origin roots back to an attacking midfielder losing the ball and rather than diligently back tracking and helping the defense, they either stop abruptly, watching the upcoming disaster from far, or do some alibi running, trotting 2-3 steps back but not making a real effort. Also compare RAMs back-tracking depending whether Lahm or somebody else played as RB: They don't wanna mess with Fipsi but couldn't care less about any other RB.
As long as Löw won't change this approach, however, we won't come anywhere near silverware, rightfully so. Heynckes at Bayern was able to learn and that's why they won the treble; Löw is a guy from the black forrest who's too stubborn and proud to admit or even recognize that his "concept" is outdated.
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Löw is disregarding everything he had promised before, playing down all the injuries, and the media are dumb enough to let him get away with it.