TheOak

Lots of debate from people picking a side instead of addressing which is the reason behind the losses.

I did a very high level fly by on some stats, since most people like to tout that 'defense wins championships' lets put that to a comparison to see which side of the ball needs to be addressed the most.

Eleven Years worth of Super Bowl Winners:
2013 Seahawks Scored 26.1 pts/game allowed 14.4 pts/game
2012 Ravens Scored 24.9 pts/game allowed 21.5 pts/game
2011 Giants Scored 24.6 pts/game allowed 25.0 pts/game
2010 Packers Scored 24.2 pts/game allowed 15.0 pts/game
2009 Saints Scored 31.9 pts/game allowed 21.3 pts/game
2008 Steelers Scored 21.7 pts/game allowed 13.9 pts/game
2007 Giants Scored 23.3 pts/game allowed 21.9 pts/game
2006 Colts Scored 26.7 pts/game allowed 22.5 pts/game
2005 Steelers Scored 24.3 pts/game allowed 16.1 pts/game
2004 Patriots Scored 27.3 pts/game allowed 16.2 pts/game
2003 Patriots Scored 21.8 pts/game allowed 14.9 pts/game


2014 Saints Scoring 29 pts/game allowing 31.5 pts/game

So we are scoring more points per game that every Super Bowl champion in the last decade (except the Saints) and allowing 6.5 more points than any team that made it to and won a Super Bowl in that same period.

The offense is getting it done to at least expectations...
This defense can not get you to or win any championship.

'If we ran the damn ball more' doesn't fix the defense and even if we ran the ball to consume 59 minutes of clock, the defense allowing the other team to score with a minute creates a tie ball game and then its a coin flip as to whether we win or lose.

Reasonable expectation is what we should focus on. Having to score 30+ points per game to win isn't how I categorize reasonable expectation.

This should be interesting.