RayClay
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You are putting words into my mouth. 3rd down defense is part of the entire body of work, equally as important as any other defensive stat.
uh,no........
The one stat that I think needs to be improved on his 3rd down D, going into last night the Pats were last in the league. The Pats did have a solid night last night limiting the Jets to 3-12 on 3rd down. They have been getting bailed out by the turnovers in past games and I just feel like come playoff time its hard to depend on turnovers to consistently keep bailing you out.
3rd downs on defense are equally as important regardless of the opponent or situation. You never want the offense to convert on 3rd down, especially on 3rd and long. This is the time to step up and make a stop and get the D off the field.
Allowing teams to covert on 3rd down keeps the D on the field longer and offenses to have longer drives against the Pats. Recently the Pats have been bailed out by forcing an INT. My point is in the playoffs it is very unlikely that the Pats will be able to force an INT and be bailed out by giving up 3rd down conversions.
Your whole argument is based on one game and one QB in which the Pats had a 17 point lead in were in prevent the majority of the 2nd half...
Failing to stop opponents on 3rd down, leaves the door open for opposing QBs to make teams pay. In the playoffs QBs will most likely take advantage of this