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Yards don't matter AT ALL when Team A is up 35-14 with 5 minutes left and Team A is in soft zone giving up the underneath area to allow Team B to march down the field, but eat up clock since the game is essentially already decided. The yards Team A is allowing Team B to get do NOT matter, and do not affect the quality of their defense.
Football statistics need to be taken in context and that's what a lot of people (most people) don't seem to be able to understand. You can't really understand how a game went in football by just looking at the box score.
Once more people understand that, football discussions will become much more intelligent.
...EDIT: My points here are not to say the Patriots had a good defense last year, because they clearly did not. However, the reason for them not having a great defense. Or should I say, the PROOF of them not having a great defense does NOT lie in how many yards they allowed. Many times, yards allowed has to do with gameplan (like I said, if a team is up by a lot), or by field position, etc. There are many factors.
I believe I was using specific instances of inches/yds mattering in a game and not just an overall blanket statement.
Most fans know that they don't keep track of yards allowed on the scoreboard to determine who won the game