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12-25-2005 09:00 PM |
QB v Defense: Which Wins Championships Hector?
http://www.ecnnews.com/cgi-bin/15/et...25-20051225-fn
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With the National Football League playoffs less than two weeks away and the postseason lineup taking shape, the painfully monotonous adage that "defense wins championships" will again most likely yield to a newer, more 21st century-driven realization.
Quality quarterbacking now reigns supreme. Despite what the tough-to-watch Chicago Bears are trying to pull in the woeful NFC North Division with their defense, if you can't score in this man's NFL, you have no chance.
It may someday go down as the Brady doctrine. After all, it has been the New England Patriots signal caller who has locked up a pair of Super Bowl MVP trophies then hit 70 percent of his passes against Philly last February to make it three championships in four years.
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Other than the Bears, products of the competition more than anything, every current contender has been fueled in some way, shape or form by its signal caller.
On title track
1. Peyton Manning, Indianapolis: He's the second best in the game and can prove it by winning, or at least getting to the Super Bowl. He has every weapon imaginable and a defense to go along with it. Is he great? Prove it by playing once in February in a game that means something.
2. Matt Hasselbeck, Seattle: Statistically, he's had an all-pro year. Seattle is the dominant force in the NFC. He's hit 64.5 percent of his passes for 3,215 yards headed into the weekend, with 22 touchdown passes and only nine interceptions. He's only been sacked 21 times. Greatness can be found only in the second season, though. Just ask Peyton.
3. Carson Palmer, Cincinnati: The league's fastest rising star heads up the game's most explosive offense. He could be ready to dominate the NFL, to go on a Brady-like run. Gaudy numbers — 67.7 completion rate, 30 TDs and 10 picks — tell less of the story than his incredibly strong arm.
One big break, they win
4. Tom Brady, New England: It takes a lot for the game's best quarterback to be bumped into the second tier. The reason for that is New England's porous defense, which has allowed only 10 points in the last three weeks but still ranks 18th in the points allowed category.
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Am I reading this right? QBs win championships, defenses winning them belongs to a bygone era?
Okay Hector, let's see if I understand; Manning's team being classified as the team to beat has nothing to do with a improved defense - and Brady, the best QB in football, would have beaten him the past two Januaries without a strong defense?
Let me try this again: Hasselbeck's Seahawks are leading the NFC based solely on his arm, and that has nothing to do with the investment on defense in the off-season?
And Palmer is carrying the Bengals, their investment in defense did little to help them improve this season?
But, if your theory is correct, our "porous defense" should not have "bumped" the Brady-led NEP "into the second tier."
Hector, go long, I'll let you know when to stop. :bricks:
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