(01-16-2018, 04:07 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(01-16-2018, 03:24 PM)Boston_Prince Wrote: Most important defensive stat is points allowed, not yards. As a matter of fact, been the BEST defense with regards to points the last few months. But honestly, you really don't need a GREAT defense to stop Blake Bortles. Alot of your team's points came from defensive scoring. Our offense can actually score points with legit drives.

And its a good thing that we are ALL just fans and nothing we say has nothing to do with how a team gameplans.

This is a strange critique.

We scored 417 points total (5th overall).  Our defense scored seven (7) TDs or 49 points.  I'm no math major, but that's not even 12 percent of our points, if my math done in my head is correct.

How does that equate to "alot?"

But assuming arguendo it does equal "alot," are we to somehow apologize for our defense scoring points?

Are these points somehow less valuable than TDs scored by the offense, or do they otherwise not count?

Do the Patriots not benefit from defensive scores?  I remember Ty Law returning an INT for a TD in the Pats first SB win.  Does that not count?

If you subtracted defensive TDs and their extra points from our point total, we'd still be eleventh in scoring, which means our offense can still actually score points "legitimately."

(Anyone else find it interesting that a Pats fan would question the legitimacy of any other team's production?)

Another strange critique was basing the strength of a defense off of yards given up. Points is what matters, I'm sure you agree. I don't care if we give up 8,000 yards a game, as long as we hold teams to less than 17 points on average, I'll take that each time. Teams, since week 3 I think, could barely put 20 points up on this defense but that gets overshadowed by having Brady and the offense. 

Additionally, your team's schedule was ranked what, 30, 31st in the league? I wouldn't find that legitimacy questionable. Your team had a VERY easy schedule and lost to some of the worst teams. Your team in ranked #1 in scoring defense, so yes your team gets a ton of points through its defense. Not a bad thing, just a fact. We were second in points scored, don't even have to go into details regarding this.

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