As I think everyone on here except for Wys understands, competent defense is more than just yardage per game or points per game.
While those things are huge, the D can also create scoring opportunities for the offense by creating turnover opportunities: a good pressure on the QB will create sack opportunities, possible fumbles, and possible interceptions. Turnovers lead to the "short field" situation for an offense to be able to capitalize and score points.
Our defense has clearly been woeful in pressuring the QB and in creating turnover opportunities. This has led to the offense having little chance to capitalize on an extra possession or a short field, and has forced the offense to go 70+ yards to produce its points far too often.
Our offense has been amazingly efficient considering how little benefit it has received from the defense, in terms of spotting opposition leads and not creating turnover opportunities. On the rare occasions that the D has done something, the offense has generally produced.
Who knows where we'd be with just a handful more turnovers? A turnover here or there in our losses very well could have turned the game around, and at least would have given the offense more of a chance. Our offense would probably be even lower on the yardage per game list, but so what? It would have had short fields to produce TD's or FG's.
The yardage statistics and points statistics cited by Wys fall far short of telling the whole story. When these factors are considered, the offense's production despite the failure of the D is even more impressive, quite frankly.
While those things are huge, the D can also create scoring opportunities for the offense by creating turnover opportunities: a good pressure on the QB will create sack opportunities, possible fumbles, and possible interceptions. Turnovers lead to the "short field" situation for an offense to be able to capitalize and score points.
Our defense has clearly been woeful in pressuring the QB and in creating turnover opportunities. This has led to the offense having little chance to capitalize on an extra possession or a short field, and has forced the offense to go 70+ yards to produce its points far too often.
Our offense has been amazingly efficient considering how little benefit it has received from the defense, in terms of spotting opposition leads and not creating turnover opportunities. On the rare occasions that the D has done something, the offense has generally produced.
Who knows where we'd be with just a handful more turnovers? A turnover here or there in our losses very well could have turned the game around, and at least would have given the offense more of a chance. Our offense would probably be even lower on the yardage per game list, but so what? It would have had short fields to produce TD's or FG's.
The yardage statistics and points statistics cited by Wys fall far short of telling the whole story. When these factors are considered, the offense's production despite the failure of the D is even more impressive, quite frankly.
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