Offense hurt Defense Part 2.

saintswhodi · 02-24-2005, 03:23 PM

Wow. I can\'t believe I have to explain this but okay. We have a bad defense, point taken. So what is the best way for the TEAM to protect them? Good offense, i.e. Indianapolis Colts. Did we get that? No. We got 3 and outs and turnovers. Now, if your team CONSISTENTLY goes three and out, does that not give MORE possessions to the opposing team? More possessions=more yards. See how that works? Probably not. Again, we had a bad defense that needed protecting. Somehow you feel a defense where most every position has fans calling for replacements should have done a better job? That\'s like saying you bought a volkswagon beetle for the gas mileage but are pissed that it can\'t win the Indy 500. Let\'s get this straight: WE WERE NOT GONNA HAVE A TOP 10 D IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. What we needed was an offense who had the ability to shield the defense\'s weaknesses, again ala the Colts. We didn\'t. What we got was a non first quarter scoring, red zone turning over, ineffective run gaming, poor play calling, backwards passing, inability to sustain a drive having sub-par train wreck for an offense. So let me put this in plain English, or more plain than the last several times I have said it. LARGE NUMBERS OF THREE AND OUTS, PUNTS, AND TURNOVERS LEAD TO MORE POSSESSIONS FOR THE OPPOSING TEAM. MORE POSSESSIONS LEADS TO MORE YARDS THAT CAN BE ALLOWED BY A DEFENSE. IF YOUR DEFENSE IS ALREADY BAD, THIS WILL KILL THEM. See? If someone said you need to hit 5 free throws, would you feel better if you only got 5 shots at it or if you got 20? Wouldn\'t you feel more comfortable you could hit 5 out of 20 than 5 out of 5? Same with the defense. If teams were getting less possessions cause of a decent offense on our end, that is less yards the defense would have given up. But that was so far from the case as to be ludicrous.

02-24-2005, 03:23 PM	#24
saintswhodi 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 6,941	Offense hurt Defense Part 2. Wow. I can\'t believe I have to explain this but okay. We have a bad defense, point taken. So what is the best way for the TEAM to protect them? Good offense, i.e. Indianapolis Colts. Did we get that? No. We got 3 and outs and turnovers. Now, if your team CONSISTENTLY goes three and out, does that not give MORE possessions to the opposing team? More possessions=more yards. See how that works? Probably not. Again, we had a bad defense that needed protecting. Somehow you feel a defense where most every position has fans calling for replacements should have done a better job? That\'s like saying you bought a volkswagon beetle for the gas mileage but are pissed that it can\'t win the Indy 500. Let\'s get this straight: WE WERE NOT GONNA HAVE A TOP 10 D IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. What we needed was an offense who had the ability to shield the defense\'s weaknesses, again ala the Colts. We didn\'t. What we got was a non first quarter scoring, red zone turning over, ineffective run gaming, poor play calling, backwards passing, inability to sustain a drive having sub-par train wreck for an offense. So let me put this in plain English, or more plain than the last several times I have said it. LARGE NUMBERS OF THREE AND OUTS, PUNTS, AND TURNOVERS LEAD TO MORE POSSESSIONS FOR THE OPPOSING TEAM. MORE POSSESSIONS LEADS TO MORE YARDS THAT CAN BE ALLOWED BY A DEFENSE. IF YOUR DEFENSE IS ALREADY BAD, THIS WILL KILL THEM. See? If someone said you need to hit 5 free throws, would you feel better if you only got 5 shots at it or if you got 20? Wouldn\'t you feel more comfortable you could hit 5 out of 20 than 5 out of 5? Same with the defense. If teams were getting less possessions cause of a decent offense on our end, that is less yards the defense would have given up. But that was so far from the case as to be ludicrous.