kudzif
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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I think the 2007 offense deserves all due praises, but I also think the 2014 offense was much more clutch, and arguably a lot more dynamic. While it isn't apples to apples, I'm thinking about something Belichick said in his 2009 `A Football's Life` - To paraphrase, "Take away Moss and Welker and we're done."
I think a case could be made that a GOOD postseason defense would rather play the 2007 offense than the 2014 offense.
I'd love to see the PPG comparisons AFTER week #4 and compare them to 2007, since I think the first month of football, prior to the offensive line gelling, skews the stats a lot, and doesn't reflect the 2014 team over all.
A few points:
The 2014 played a more difficult schedule, more division leaders, and (without looking) over all better defenses. 2007 faced 5 top 10 defenses, with one of them being the rank 10 Eagles which just barely squeaks into that category. 2014 CRUSHED a lot of QUALITY teams.
2014's post season offense certainly shatters the 2007 postseason offense.
What the 2014 offense did in the play offs is a million times more impressive than what the 2007 offense did(coming back from two 14 point deficits against our conference rivals kryptonite-defense, annihilated the Colts, 4th quarter, two score comeback against the #1 defense in the league)
Moss vs Gronk isn't a proper comparison.
Moss >
Gronk >
Considering the Dolphins went 1-15 that year, and in 2014 the Dolphins and Bills were chasing wildcard spots late in the season, with much better defenses, I'd say our Division games were probably much harder in 2014.
That Bill statement was made after gaffney and Donte stallworth were gone.Context matters because simply stating results without it skews things.For instance,. comeback against Ravens was good but most of that Ravens secondary was comprised of guys that probably won't start regularly for an Nfl team.