(12-18-2018, 07:51 PM)old_man Wrote:

(12-18-2018, 04:36 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: You're missing the point he's making about the game itself (superbowl 52). 
Not the season team stats. Though that factors in too. 

The eagles won the SB last year on 374 passing yards and 4 passing TDs.  And despite being ranked highly in the defensive categories you listed, they had to produce at least 34 points and a needed a dynamic passing game to get the win. 

Building a team around a run game and defense just won't work anymore if you don't have a productive passing counterpart. The league wants the pass, they are very proactive about proliferating it, and that isn't going away. If anything it is a trend that is only gathering steam moving forward.

I wasn't missing the point.  They got there on a running game and defense.

You missed the point since it fits the agenda.

Oh, I see, you aren't missing the point, you're just willfully ignoring it. 
(it wasn't about how they got there, it was about what was required to win the damn championship. Hint:It required the pass.) 

Bury that head of yours as deep in the sand as you'd like, but the number of teams that go deep in the NFL postseason averaging under 220 yards of passing offense per game is going to be a very, very low number in the coming years.

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