Quote:I actually agree. Although you can easily see that our defense is bottom 10 in PPG and T/O which matter a lot more than yards (which is where the "top 5" nonsense comes from). You dont give up a lot of yards when your special teams and offense is always giving your opponents great field position.

 

Our defense is not bottom 10 in PPG.  Our TEAM is bottom 10 in PPG.   The PPG stat you refer to is for all points allowed, and it includes the pick sixes, the punt returns, and everything, some of which occur when the defense is not on the field. 

 

As for your assertion "You dont give up a lot of yards when your special teams and offense is always giving your opponents great field position."  Then look at the yards per play.  We're #5 in yards per play.  

 

Don't get me wrong.  I'm not saying we're one of the 5 best defenses.  I'm just saying, you're misinterpreting one stat, PPG, and ignoring another stat, yards given up per play.   

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