I don't disagree that the defense could be shaky at times. I just worry about the offense more. You could blame the offense as much as the D in those comebacks. After the Cowboys scored 28 they did nothing. Nothing the entire 4th quarter, and nothing in OT against the Packers. In that 17 point Jags comeback, an interception gave them 7 points and momentum. Interceptions almost cost us a game against Houston, and allowed Chicago to come back. So yeah, I am more worried about the offense.
No if you put up that many points and you give a defense that big league great defenses win those games every time I'm sorry but we're talking about this being a championship team worthy of a possible moniker like a name like the doomsday defense 2.0 and everyone keeps saying it's all on the offense all throughout the middle of the year the defense blue leads you can keep trying to point it towards the offense but when you're handed a big lead in the fourth quarter that is when the great defenses are supposed to bow up and not give up a single point after I mean it literally you're handed 15 minutes 17 point lead, go close it out.. I remember the game and I don't care it happens but what I do care about is people keep saying that in the Cisco game they didn't score enough points well even when we scored enough points we lost games because of the defense..
So at this point I'm saying right now we are way overrating the defense and putting too much blame on the offense because there were signs all last year that the defense was great in stretches but they also had a lot of stretches where they weren't so great ....the offense were forced to go out and be more risky and try to score more points and even when they scored those points the defense was not shutting teams down.
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great defense you hand them a lead like that they're supposed to shut the other team down, you get aggressive you pin your ears back, you flat out dictate the rest of the game!
that is the offensive job you give the defense a lead in the fourth quarter and they should be able to close it out..
So let's hope all this drooling over the defense it's for good cause this year to actually they are who we say they are because all the love for Dan Quinn the one thing I know he is famous for when he was with the Atlanta Falcons is blowing leads including the Super bowl.
his teams were blowing leads last year, not shutting down a team when they had the chanace.... So let's just keep it in the fourth quarters if you get double digit leads in the fourth quarter or you're even somehow failed and you're in overtime you've got to make stops and you got to shut the other team down if you want to be called great,
you want to be called a championship defense and that's what people keep talking about around here how great the defense was and what I remember about the 2 niner games is really long drives on the ground couple big plays giving up opportunities NOT taken advantage of and Trayvon diggs who just got a big bag..
so this defense is still not arrived is what I'm saying they have their moments but they are still susceptible to being run on or giving up big leads and you don't get a name like a doomsday defense or whatever the 2000 Ravens teams was called or even the way the New York Giants with Eli Manning somehow at quarterback just absolutely shutting teams down in the playoffs they were scary.
The defense might be on their way there but they are not quite there yet to be putting all the blame on the offense. Yes more of the issues last year against the 49ers were on the offensive side but there were moments in that game if the defense wanted to make their mark and be who they say they wanna be they needed to make those plays.
