Divisional Playoffs - Defense is King

[Chuck 54]

So...the final 8 teams in the 2020 Playoffs....Divisional Round.
QBs:
7 first round picks - Goff, Rodgers, Jackson, Allen, Mayfield, Mahommes
2 #1 over-all picks - Goff, Mayfield
League MVPs - Rodgers (1), likely 2 after this season; Brady (3); Jackson (1)
The All-Time GOAT - Brady

Except for Goff, these guys have had good to great years and came into playoffs HOT.

We are in the fourth quarter of the final divisional round playoff game, and these QBs have averaged 18.625 points per game. 4 QBs didn’t or haven’t broken 200 yards. 2 barely hit 200. No one passed for 300 yards.

Playoff football is about defense most of the time. We have a long way to go.

 

[JBS]

We specialize in defense..you ever heard of doomsday?

 

[Chuck 54]

We specialize in defense..you ever heard of doomsday?

Been a fan since 1967, so I’m familiar....lol. Good joke. Sad that the defensive doomsday is now our own.

 

[Iago33]

It always has been

 

[Kevinicus]

Mahomes would have obliterated 300 yds with a full game.

 

[CowboyRoy]

So...the final 8 teams in the 2020 Playoffs....Divisional Round.
QBs:
7 first round picks - Goff, Rodgers, Jackson, Allen, Mayfield, Mahommes
2 #1 over-all picks - Goff, Mayfield
League MVPs - Rodgers (1), likely 2 after this season; Brady (3); Jackson (1)
The All-Time GOAT - Brady

Except for Goff, these guys have had good to great years and came into playoffs HOT.

We are in the fourth quarter of the final divisional round playoff game, and these QBs have averaged 18.625 points per game. 4 QBs didn’t or haven’t broken 200 yards. 2 barely hit 200. No one passed for 300 yards.

Playoff football is about defense most of the time. We have a long way to go.

Yep, but tomorrow you will have half the website talking about how QB's win games all by themselves.

 

[nightrain]

Seems like top QB play has a role as well.

 

[Mr_437]

Well I will say, I've been reminded of what a dawg MLB (#45TB) looks like, thought they were extinct. I've watched some decent coverage and physical tackling...all things Dallas fans have been deprived of for years.

 

[Redline360]

Over the past 25+ years the majority of superbowl winning teams have had both the offense and defense ranked in the top 10.


98 Broncos, 06 Colts, 09 saints, 11 Giants all had top 10 offenses while the defenses were average to bad

00 Ravens, 02 bucs , 03 Patriots, 08 steelers, 15 Broncos had offenses ranked 15+ or higher. Defense rankings all number 1 or number 2

07 Giants , 12 Ravens only years both teams out of top 10 in both offense and defense

Chance of a team winning a superbowl or being productive in the playoffs without a good defense is very slim

 

[Havic]

Complimentary football - Top Qb play with a good defense = success

 

[BHendri5]

So...the final 8 teams in the 2020 Playoffs....Divisional Round.
QBs:
7 first round picks - Goff, Rodgers, Jackson, Allen, Mayfield, Mahommes
2 #1 over-all picks - Goff, Mayfield
League MVPs - Rodgers (1), likely 2 after this season; Brady (3); Jackson (1)
The All-Time GOAT - Brady

Except for Goff, these guys have had good to great years and came into playoffs HOT.

We are in the fourth quarter of the final divisional round playoff game, and these QBs have averaged 18.625 points per game. 4 QBs didn’t or haven’t broken 200 yards. 2 barely hit 200. No one passed for 300 yards.

Playoff football is about defense most of the time. We have a long way to go.

Lol this is some funny stuff

 

[Idgit]

It almost always is in the playoffs.

 

[armadillooutlaw]

Mahomes would have obliterated 300 yds with a full game.

Mahomes is a different breed of QB. Best since prime Peyton Manning IMO.
He still needed a good defense to win a Super Bowl.

 

[visionary]

So...the final 8 teams in the 2020 Playoffs....Divisional Round.
QBs:
7 first round picks - Goff, Rodgers, Jackson, Allen, Mayfield, Mahommes
2 #1 over-all picks - Goff, Mayfield
League MVPs - Rodgers (1), likely 2 after this season; Brady (3); Jackson (1)
The All-Time GOAT - Brady

Except for Goff, these guys have had good to great years and came into playoffs HOT.

We are in the fourth quarter of the final divisional round playoff game, and these QBs have averaged 18.625 points per game. 4 QBs didn’t or haven’t broken 200 yards. 2 barely hit 200. No one passed for 300 yards.

Playoff football is about defense most of the time. We have a long way to go.

did you forget we’re on CZ? A poster just told me today that we can’t get any good FAs on defense because we don’t have the cap space

 

[Motorola]

So...the final 8 teams in the 2020 Playoffs....Divisional Round.
QBs:
7 first round picks - Goff, Rodgers, Jackson, Allen, Mayfield, Mahommes
2 #1 over-all picks - Goff, Mayfield
League MVPs - Rodgers (1), likely 2 after this season; Brady (3); Jackson (1)
The All-Time GOAT - Brady

Except for Goff, these guys have had good to great years and came into playoffs HOT.

We are in the fourth quarter of the final divisional round playoff game, and these QBs have averaged 18.625 points per game. 4 QBs didn’t or haven’t broken 200 yards. 2 barely hit 200. No one passed for 300 yards.

Playoff football is about defense most of the time. We have a long way to go.

So...the final 8 teams in the 2020 Playoffs....Divisional Round.
QBs:
7 first round picks - Goff, Rodgers, Jackson, Allen, Mayfield, Mahommes
2 #1 over-all picks - Goff, Mayfield
League MVPs - Rodgers (1), likely 2 after this season; Brady (3); Jackson (1)
The All-Time GOAT - Brady

Except for Goff, these guys have had good to great years and came into playoffs HOT.

We are in the fourth quarter of the final divisional round playoff game, and these QBs have averaged 18.625 points per game. 4 QBs didn’t or haven’t broken 200 yards. 2 barely hit 200. No one passed for 300 yards.

Playoff football is about defense most of the time. We have a long way to go.

Cowboys first have to put. together a regular season defense to get to the playoffs

 

[Jake]

Seems like top QB play has a role as well.

Of course QB play is important, but Mahomes' "great comeback" in the SB doesn't happen without defense.

Niners led 20-10 after 3 quarters. Mahomes led them to 3 TDs in the 4th, but if the Niners get TDs in between the Chiefs lose and Mahomes' stats become "garbage time", or so I've heard.

 

[visionary]

Well I will say, I've been reminded of what a dawg MLB (#45TB) looks like, thought they were extinct. I've watched some decent coverage and physical tackling...all things Dallas fans have been deprived of for years.

this, been saying it for years
We need a real physical and smart MLB not idiot Jaylon

 

[TWOK11]

It’s better to have an opportunistic defense that gives up yards than a great defense that doesn’t force many turnovers. Modern football has rules and offensive schemes in place that allow for great offenses to consistently beat great defenses. The only way to beat KC or GB this year to generate turnovers and steal possessions.

30 years ago, if you had a top 10 defense you were almost guaranteed to make the playoffs. Twice in the last 5 years more than half of the league’s top 10 defenses didnt make the playoffs. The game has changed. In 2020 offensive passing efficiency and turnover margin decide almost every football game.

 

[nightrain]

Of course QB play is important, but Mahomes' "great comeback" in the SB doesn't happen without defense.

Niners led 20-10 after 3 quarters. Mahomes led them to 3 TDs in the 4th, but if the Niners get TDs in between the Chiefs lose and Mahomes' stats become "garbage time", or so I've heard.

Mahomes was the irresistible force that led a 4th Q comeback against the best defense in the league for a win on the biggest stage.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

We specialize in defense..you ever heard of doomsday?

The Dallas Cowboys specialized in Defense. The Dallas Cowboys was a franchise built to mirror the spirit Landry's toughness and grit. Please don't insult the memory of those teams and that franchise with the clown show known as the Dallas Jerry's.