BlitzFritz
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why is our defense so average?
even during 2003-04, we had tons of injuries, but our scheme and execution would always compensate....
its just bewildering, frustrating.
Not sure it is all that bad, get back from the edge.. according to NFL.com..
in 2004 we were ranked #9 in total D allowed an avg. of 16.2 pts per game
in 2008 we were ranked #12 in total D allowed an ave. of 19.4 pts per game
Sometimes the mind plays tricks.. we are still in the top tier of D's
at least that has typically been true.....
why is our defense so average?
even during 2003-04, we had tons of injuries, but our scheme and execution would always compensate....
its just bewildering, frustrating.
Not sure it is all that bad, get back from the edge.. according to NFL.com..
in 2004 we were ranked #9 in total D allowed an avg. of 16.2 pts per game
in 2008 we were ranked #12 in total D allowed an ave. of 19.4 pts per game
Sometimes the mind plays tricks.. we are still in the top tier of D's
at least that has typically been true.....
why is our defense so average?
even during 2003-04, we had tons of injuries, but our scheme and execution would always compensate....
its just bewildering, frustrating.
Our defense seems worse than last year because they are on the field longer and are not able to ignore the run as they did last year when they were often playing from 10 points ahead. I believe that this year's defense would have exceled last year.
Actually that isn't true. The Pats average time of possession from this year to last year is only one second different. In fact, the defense this year has been on the field one less second per game this year than last year.
The offense was scoring a lot more often and a lot faster last year. So the defense was playing with big leads, so I don't think the factor is time of possession as much. When you have leads that huge, it forces opposing offenses to be one dimensional.
Of course defense is what wins in the NFL. I have never gotten why this board is filled with threads trashing offensive personnel and coaches like Cassel, McDaniels, etc. whenever the Pats lose especially when the defense performs as bad or worse (like the Colts game this year). This team has won Super Bowls with mediocre to average offenses with spectacular defenses (2001 and 2003). This team failed to win the Super Bowl with the best offense of all time (2007).
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What are you smoking?
Our defense in 2001 gave up tons of yards and points, and in 2003 and 2004 the defense gave up points late.
In all 3 championships it was not the defense that won it, our offense had to win at the end of every game.
Over the past 3 years we have had dominant defense, but our offense has failed at the end of games.
If you want to know why and whose fault it is, just take a look at the Superbowl, last drive we call a bunch of slow developing bombs to Moss, over and over, and until expires. Great play calling right there. We have a good OC but he is like the Marino or Peyton of coordinators, he chokes in big games and if he gets flustered in-game we are screwed
If you want to know why and whose fault it is, just take a look at the Superbowl, last drive we call a bunch of slow developing bombs to Moss, over and over, and until expires. Great play calling right there. We have a good OC but he is like the Marino or Peyton of coordinators, he chokes in big games and if he gets flustered in-game we are screwed
Over the past 3 years we have had dominant defense, but our offense has failed at the end of games.
Do we need a poll? We went 16-0 last year. Should we poll and ask who was most repsonsible for our success: offense, defense, equal?
We could take the same poll for each of the Super Bowl years.
I'm not huge on the offensive gameplan for the Super Bowl, but those bombs to Moss were the right play. After Brady got sacked as he was dropping back to pass on 2nd down, the game was over if they didn't complete a bomb.
And for the record, on 3rd down, Moss got open, and Brady unleashed an epic bomb. It was so damn close to being a completion, and Moss would've scurried in for a TD.
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Over the past 3 years we have had dominant defense, but our offense has failed at the end of games.
If you want to know why and whose fault it is, just take a look at the Superbowl, last drive we call a bunch of slow developing bombs to Moss, over and over, and until expires. Great play calling right there. We have a good OC but he is like the Marino or Peyton of coordinators, he chokes in big games and if he gets flustered in-game we are screwed