Big_D
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The best player on the D, coaches, writers, and actual statistics all say otherwise.. but stick to your guns. Rushing defense was bottom half of the league and it had a snowball effect on the rest of a defense who was very good in select areas but not good enough to make up for the inadequacies in that department. It effects everything from play action to the pass rush and it starts with the ability to plug those gaps in the middle. Using just EPA is comical when you’re 22nd in yardage given up and you still don’t see a problem. You could say EPA all you want. It just tells me you weren’t really watching.Not reading those. They are reactionary to small samples - its why two of them were written two days apart from each other - and are not data driven. They're also dumb because they are reacting to the Chicago game, which Dallas won by 20 points and voluntarily let the Bears run the ball when down by a lot, and GB, which was lost because of offensive turnovers and big plays through the air.
The run defense was fine. 4th in EPA. I'm going to keep repeating it. They were 4th in EPA. Marginal improvements to the run defense will not make a difference to the success of this team.