(12-27-2018, 03:40 PM)hb1148 Wrote:

(12-27-2018, 02:35 PM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote: To add, regardless of last year's ranking, the offense was still wildly inconsistent. It was plagued with long stretches of futility, too many to even be considered good.

There were inconsistencies last year true, mostly thanks to Blake's inconsistency. But that was a pretty good offense last year. Only 17th in passing offense but we lead the league in rushing offense and as I already mentioned, 6th in overall scoring and 7th in offensive TDs scored. No matter how you cut it, that's pretty darn good.  Makes the collapse this year all the more crazy.

I disagree. You're trotting out rankings as if they mean everything. There are so many factors those rankings do not take into account. For example, let's revisit scoring. Already mentioned was defensive touchdowns, but how many offensive scores can still be attributed to the defense by giving the offense a short field? How about time of possession afforded the offense by the defense? Truth be told, as often as the defense gave the offense the ball, the team should have been number one in scoring by a large margin. Also, if the offense was "darn good" as you describe, the team would had have a better record than the 10-6 they posted, plus the would have went into this season as the Champions.

Really, last year's offense was average, so yes, this year's "collapse" makes perfect sense. Take an already questionable offense, saddle it with some key injuries, and we get the complete ineptitude we've witnessed this season.

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