All I want for Christmas is a defense like Tampa Bay's

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does it matter? It carried them in the 1 game it mattered and against the best offense in the league. THAT MATTERED ALOT.

Yes, does anybody really believe the Giants in 2007 and 2011 were a better team than the Patriots? Overall?

But they won the SB over the Pats.

Sometimes you just get hot at the right time or run into a great matchup for your team....
 

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does it matter? It carried them in the 1 game it mattered and against the best offense in the league. THAT MATTERED ALOT.

The KC offense was crippled by injury so i'm discounting the Bucs defensive performance and its not like Brady had a tough time moving the ball.
 

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They were
8th in total yardage
7th in points allowed
6th in sacks per game
2nd in takeaways per game.

Yeah they kept the offense afloat the first 12 weeks. Brady didn’t start playing well until after their bye. And even then he wasn’t lights out in the playoffs. 3 straight picks on the road in an NFC title game will get anyone beat unless you have an all world defense.

Right, Brady put up those 40 TD passes in the final 4 weeks right? The Bucs defense was good. It was not great. They gave up 43 points to KC in November. So, its not like we are talking about the 2003 Bucs defense which was a truly dominant unit.
 
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