Someone mentioned a while ago that this defense could be all time great. I think that's premature but it got me thinking about the best defenses. The first one I googled was the 2000 Ravens. This team is widely considered one of the top 3 defenses of all time. But how many of their games do you remember? Do you remember the Jags hanging 36 on them in week 2? Or how about the Titans dropping 23 on them in week 11? The Ravens were.... 7-4 through 11 games.
So a week 2 games where the team allows 35+? Then a week 11 game where the defense allows 24+? Sounds..... similar to another team. Take a look.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/t..._games.htm
Id like to see how we compare in statistics on each category.
The 02 Bucs probably have the best pass defense of all time.
If I recall correctly, in the 2000 regular season, Tennessee was # 1 in some major categories in Defense. Including, the least amount of total yardage. The AFC Central had 2 top flight Defensive units that season.
The 2000 Ravens had better Offensive starters
* Jamal Lewis / Priest Holmes
* Shannon Sharpe
* Insert any WRs here (would be better than the Jags current starters )
* Jonathon Ogden
(12-01-2017, 01:10 PM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: [ -> ]The 2000 Ravens had better Offensive starters
* Jamal Lewis / Priest Holmes
* Shannon Sharpe
* Insert any WRs here (would be better than the Jags current starters )
* Jonathon Ogden
IDK bout the WRs...
Travis Taylor
Ismail....
Sharpe and Lewis/Holmes were the offense that year.
(12-01-2017, 01:36 PM)Kane Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2017, 01:10 PM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: [ -> ]The 2000 Ravens had better Offensive starters
* Jamal Lewis / Priest Holmes
* Shannon Sharpe
* Insert any WRs here (would be better than the Jags current starters )
* Jonathon Ogden
IDK bout the WRs...
Travis Taylor
Ismail....
Sharpe and Lewis/Holmes were the offense that year.
And wasn't Taylor a rookie in 2000? I know he came out of Florida, in either 99 or 2000 as a first rounder.
(12-01-2017, 12:27 PM)Kane Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2017, 11:22 AM)cdnjagfan14 Wrote: [ -> ]Id like to see how we compare in statistics on each category.
If the Jaguars finish the season atop the NFL in scoring defense, total defense, takeaways and sacks, they will become the first team to accomplish that in the Super Bowl era (1966), per Elias Sports Bureau.
The Steelers' Steel Curtain defenses didn't do it. Nor the 1985 Bears or the 2000 Ravens, generally regarded as the two best statistical defenses in NFL history.
Now, that's a big if and a tall order.
Thats all good and gravy but without the SB ring its worthless.