FirstAndGoal
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A lot's been made about our defense but here's something for people to ponder.
The defensive play has been way overblown because people have been expecting 40 - 10 victories but our defense is ranked higher than it's ever been under BB.
This is the highest ranked regular season defense that BB has ever coached. That includes any Super Bowl years.
Also, we are only averaging giving up 5 more rushing yards than last year and that drops our rushing defense from 5th to 10th. That really isn't a lot when you consider that we've been in a lot of nickel and dime defenses this year.
We certainly have missed some tackles and have looked bad at times but when you really put the numbers out there, our defense would be considered our strength in a normal year. It's just that our offense has been record breaking
Defense overall ranking during BB years (from NFL.COM)
2000 20th
2001 24th
2002 23rd
2003 7th
2004 9th
2005 26th
2006 6th
2007 4th
Defense rushing ranking during BB years
2000 21st
2001 19th
2002 31st
2003 4th
2004 6th
2005 8th
2006 5th
2007 10th
The defensive play has been way overblown because people have been expecting 40 - 10 victories but our defense is ranked higher than it's ever been under BB.
This is the highest ranked regular season defense that BB has ever coached. That includes any Super Bowl years.
Also, we are only averaging giving up 5 more rushing yards than last year and that drops our rushing defense from 5th to 10th. That really isn't a lot when you consider that we've been in a lot of nickel and dime defenses this year.
We certainly have missed some tackles and have looked bad at times but when you really put the numbers out there, our defense would be considered our strength in a normal year. It's just that our offense has been record breaking
Defense overall ranking during BB years (from NFL.COM)
2000 20th
2001 24th
2002 23rd
2003 7th
2004 9th
2005 26th
2006 6th
2007 4th
Defense rushing ranking during BB years
2000 21st
2001 19th
2002 31st
2003 4th
2004 6th
2005 8th
2006 5th
2007 10th
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