Quote:Yes, but in their defense, they tend to hold the the other team back but after numerous 3 and outs by the offense, the dam finally breaks. That's what makes it so hard to determine how good they actually are- the unique situation where they don't have an offense to help them out by keeping them off the field.

The times of possession recently haven't been far enough out of balance that it should matter.


This isn't the day's of 2011-2013 when the offense regularly failed to get more than 20 minutes of possession per game and the defense really did get gassed. This is a fairly young defense playing seemingly well when it doesn't matter and getting gashed and giving up lots of points and first downs when it does matter.


Anyone blaming the offense for the defense giving up two touchdowns and another long drive that ended at the goal line in the fourth quarter on Sunday is misguided. That was a defense that isn't as good as their yardage ranking indicates getting exposed.

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