If you go by stats, you ll stand on the stats and say "everything he said is wrong" and you would be correct in the stat world.
in the real world, if he does say "the defense is not that good, but Rod is making them play better" he is correct. By reality if you look at our defense, you see Orlando out, Hardy not there, Rolondo out, etc etc. Than on paper its not up to par, BUT because Rod is soooo good, yes they are playing better than they are, as they did last year. He is absolutely correct, lots of props to Rod and getting more out of the talent.
if you look at said talent and took our CBs and said during the preseason, you want to match up Julio vs who?" Sure, you will get some looks and some laughter and probably a text from Julio saying "you funny" But than the reality of it is, "good enough to win" so we take it happily.
our defense by different sections is really not the "whos who" of the defense world. Yet, how they play is a tribute to our coaches, to get out of the squad what you will.
Ok, Lee is different but we dont know if hes going to give us the whole season, and if you take the opposite, chances are better. Wierder things have happened. I also think as fans we pump up more than whats really there, we all know the players that come to mind. SO while stats tell one story, they only tell part of the story.
Lets keep it in perspective too, did anyone think this would happen if you have to look at the NFL as a whole? Most likely not. We knew the defense would be better. Save a td, a few more turn overs, but if you were tell anyone who knows the game, the Cowboys would shut down OBJ and Julio, no, reality would have people laughing. I mean lets be serious, Carr and Mo? maybe Carr, maybe, but Mo has been solid and Jones has been playing well.
Do i disagree with what he said, no, you have to look at it in context, some people only speak stats some people are looking at it as a whole and trying to give their opinion. Plus, 2 divisional games on which the times those teams step up is agianst the Cowboys. You had to have seen both the Skins and Giants last night, neitehr team got up to play each other.
