Quote:It's not bad...but all the other stats tell a more complete story...

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31st in points, 28th in TOs, 29th in 1st Downs, 27th in rushing attempts, 20th in rushing TDs, 25th in passing yards. My comment wasn't to take away from the times the run D has held their own. But I'm sure an argument could be made that when teams have success in the air against us that they run just enough to keep our D honest.


And you said our running D is not an issue. I would suggest it is Jeckyl and Hyde ish. We don't know which one is going to show up and teams have overall had success when you see we are 20th in the league in rushing TDs against our D.

The eyes don't lie. Teams struggle to run well against us. Our lack of pass rush leads to a lot of success in the passing game making the overall Defensive numbers suffer a lot. Truth is, we are not good against the pass. Yet. If Fowler pans out next year, our D could be notably better. That's a complete unknown, though.


Look at Ivory today. He could not get any meaningful yardage. He got a pair of 1 yd TDs but couldn't get more than 1-3 yards a carry.


RBs not named Doug Martin have struggled against us.


It's the one bright spot on D. Don't try to dim it! Lol

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