AFTER WATCHING TEAMS PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL THIS WEEKEND, I’LL SAY THIS:

AsylumGuido · 01-31-2024, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II

It's hard to be a great defense when your offense never let's you catch your breath before sending them back out there. We could do much worse. I know. I've lived through it.

FYI, Rugs, 2023 Saints finished 7th in fewest points allowed and 13th in fewest total yards allowed. The defense also finished 4th in takeaways with 29, two fewer than the Ravens and Giants who led the league with 31 each. The defense did have some issues, of course, and much of it did come at the hands of the offensive playcalling putting them in such poor situations as you accurately pointed out. All of the slow starts allowed opponents to lean more heavily on the run, so of course that would show up as bigger run totals. It makes perfect sense.

Down the stretch our defense looked markedly better, but then again, so did the offense.

All in all, people can cherry pick and find both good and bad statistics to satisfy their needs.

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AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,492	Re: AFTER WATCHING TEAMS PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL THIS WEEKEND, I’LL SAY THIS: Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II It's hard to be a great defense when your offense never let's you catch your breath before sending them back out there. We could do much worse. I know. I've lived through it. FYI, Rugs, 2023 Saints finished 7th in fewest points allowed and 13th in fewest total yards allowed. The defense also finished 4th in takeaways with 29, two fewer than the Ravens and Giants who led the league with 31 each. The defense did have some issues, of course, and much of it did come at the hands of the offensive playcalling putting them in such poor situations as you accurately pointed out. All of the slow starts allowed opponents to lean more heavily on the run, so of course that would show up as bigger run totals. It makes perfect sense. Down the stretch our defense looked markedly better, but then again, so did the offense. All in all, people can cherry pick and find both good and bad statistics to satisfy their needs.
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