(03-08-2020, 02:08 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(03-08-2020, 01:58 PM)JagJohn Wrote: You only say that because you are used to our mediocre-at-best offense suddenly becoming absolutely useless whenever the defense can't keep them in a game. It's not true league wide. Multiple teams have high scoring explosive offenses and terrible defenses too.

But how can we have a great offense if they can't get on the field because the other team is grinding out running yardage at 5 yards a clip and controlling the clock?  How can we have a great offense when every time our offense takes the field, the opposing defense knows we are going to be passing the ball because we are behind of the scoreboard?  So they just pin back their ears and rush the passer?  Can't you see how improving the defense would help the offense immensely?  

If you want to win games, you have to focus on shoring up your worst weaknesses, and for us, the number one worst weakness is stopping the run.  If we can't stop the run, it's all pointless.  Who cares if we can pass for 500 yards a game if we keep losing games?

Of course having a top defense can help an offense. But the point remains, every year multiple teams have good or great offenses even though their defense stinks. Its not this hard set rule that you seem to think it is.

And obviously I would prefer to win every game 9-6 (also one of my favorite games btw, underrated in jags history!) than lose every game 45-42. Anybody who wouldn't is an idiot. But the real question is would you prefer to lose most games 45-42 or lose most games 9-6? If we are being honest, pretty much everyone would prefer the former, because it would mean you have one of the top offenses in the NFL and players putting up crazy stats getting national attention. At which point, more importantly, fixing that terrible defense to a point of being in SB contention would be so much easier than trying to get a terrible offense up to scratch.

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