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Not allowing a 2nd 1/2 TD in the last 6 games is as good as it gets but no question that they were not a dominant defense.
As you said 2014 D was good enough. I think the 2015 D is good enough too.
I think this stat, while a good one, is a bit overhyped. The defense was still giving up points, it just happened to be in the 1st half. And in the playoffs, the defense put the team in jeopardy of being one and done with its atrocious play in the Baltimore game. Overcoming two 14 point deficits in a playoff game is something that has never been done before. The defense would have easily lost us that game if it wasn't for our incredible offense.
BTW, that stat does not apply to the postseason, as we gave up 2nd half TDs to Seattle and Baltimore.
The best thing we can say about the defense last year is that it was clutch. I see no reason for that to change in 2015 as the players who were most instrumental in those big plays are still on the team.