(10-05-2020, 01:05 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote:

(10-05-2020, 01:00 PM)Minshew Mania Wrote: Yeah okay man. There hasn't been a game yet that we wouldn't have been able to win if our defense could make a few stops. So my opinion is our offense is capable until I see evidence otherwise. Quoting statistics is arbitrary, it doesn't tell the whole story.

I agree with your statement about quoting stats.  You do it all the time when it favors your argument.  You can't cherry-pick your stats... you need to look at all of them.

I'm not defending our D.  They suck.  I'm just saying our offense has nothing to get real excited about either... we are below average.  Including our QB.  But you can fire out some more stats for me if you'd like.

I'm not quoting stats, I don't need to, I watch the games. 

If you did too, you'd know our offense needs to score every drive to have a chance at winning a game. And the fact the games have been one or two possession games in the 4th quarter tells me enough to know that our offense is doing enough, at least so far. It's not like we're going up against world beaters or anything if I'm being fair.

Our worst game was against Miami, I'm not sure we even forced a punt in the second half. Since we're talking about the stats, let's take a peak at how many forced punts we've had, 3. We've got 3 "Punt Returns" on the season. Lol. The fact we have 1 win is a miracle, ironic its the only game where the defense at least had 1 quarter of average play.

Bottom line is, none of us are in charge of this team or it's roster so it's moot. But the key thing to building a good football team is to recognize your weaknesses and to do your best to nullify them. Right now we've got a young offense that is good enough. There's no point in making them the focus when regardless of how good they are, our defense is bad enough to lose it for us. So you go into the draft, grab some defensive studs, which Caldwell seems good at doing anyway.. get some free agent signings and maybe grab an Olinemen if one falls to us. Go into next year and I'll grab a torch and pitchfork with the rest of you guys if we don't make the playoffs.

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