What Went Right & What Went Wrong

BakoSaint · 08-14-2023, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Not bad, but they didn't give enough props to McCoy and Ruiz on the line and never mentioned that Carr never had a defense supporting him that was in the top 20 in the league while the Saints are easily top five at this point.

No defense is ever easily top 5. Whether we were top 5 last year depends on which common metric you pick. We were 9th in points allowed, 6th in yards allowed, 5th in yards per play allowed, 31st in takeaways, and 32nd in drives ended by turnover. Overall we were not a top 5 defense last year. But even a top 5 defense has a very hard time repeating as a top 5 defense the next year, most don't.

08-14-2023, 04:50 PM	#11
BakoSaint 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,347	Re: What Went Right & What Went Wrong Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Not bad, but they didn't give enough props to McCoy and Ruiz on the line and never mentioned that Carr never had a defense supporting him that was in the top 20 in the league while the Saints are easily top five at this point. No defense is ever easily top 5. Whether we were top 5 last year depends on which common metric you pick. We were 9th in points allowed, 6th in yards allowed, 5th in yards per play allowed, 31st in takeaways, and 32nd in drives ended by turnover. Overall we were not a top 5 defense last year. But even a top 5 defense has a very hard time repeating as a top 5 defense the next year, most don't.
BakoSaint 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,347