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Originally Posted by Chief Pagan
My bad on the punt. After KC's punt, I thought welp, it is no longer a no-punt game forgetting it was only on one side.
It is a bit hard to compare eras. Everything favors the offense so much more and the stats reflect that. For the no punt Indy game, the combined score was fairly low.
But I stand by the statement that our defense had some stops and did enough to give our offense a chance to win it.
The strip sack and stopping them on fourth down was a big deal. If the 2003 defense had managed to do that, KC most likely would have won that game.
If the 2003 defense had forced a couple more filed goal tries, that could have also been the difference. And again, that was back when the rules were friendlier to defenses then than they are now.
And it may be only ONE GAME, but playoffs are one and done. We are likely to see Brady again.
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I get what you're saying but I can't hang the title of "worse defense ever" on a team that simply had the "worst defensive performance ever."
Honestly, I think the 02, 04, and 08 defenses were worse than 03 (and maybe we're looking at it differently because those teams didn't make the playoffs). With 08 winning in a landslide. I honestly think we are headed in that direction this season. We have the offense to bail this team out but the NE game just showed what happens if the offense isn't perfect. Same, I suppose, with the 03 playoff game. A (bullshit) offensive PI call and a Priest Holmes fumble were ultimately the difference in winning and losing...even with zero punts/turnovers.
I'm going off the eye test probably more than anything here. I just don't see anything that leads me to believe that this year's defense will be anything other than a complete trainwreck.