What im getting at is you cant say this offense was potent when most of their scoring came in desperation. You can preach and boast all the scoring stats you want. But what you cant deny is this team when games were close or they had a chance to put the stake in a teams heart the offense was just as bad as the defense. Usually in the middle part of games. If you cant comprehend that the team leading the nfl in 3 and outs played just as much of a key role in how bad this team was overall then theres no sense in continuing a debate. If you cant understand that a offense going quarters at a time without having first downs is going to destroy an already bad defense then you dont need to be in the debate to begin with. Because youre lying to yourself. Im not saying this defense was just a cluster F. But this offense was just as bad. Especially with the talent they have on offense its actually worse.
Most of their scoring did not come in desperation. They came back from behind to win against the Raiders and struggled to score points against KC, Minnesota and Philadelphia but they were able to score early points against the Commanders, Lions, Broncos, Rams, Bears, Packers, Giants, Chargers, and Saints. They were very good on first and second downs. They did score a lot of points.
But because they sucked on third down they could not control games. Far too many whiffs on blocks, dropped or errant passes, missed assignments and penalties.
The defense certainly could not control anything. So despite having some of the leagues' best teams play, you have the story of our season: building leads and choking them away.
It's a wonder we won 8 games and went 5-1 in the division. The Giants and Commanders are terrible which warms my heart though.
