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Originally Posted by Chief3188
They had the 32nd rated defense in yards given up but they were 19th in points given up. They definitely had a bad year as a unit that had performed quite well the season prior and that is why they drafted like 6 straight defensive players in this years draft if I remember right.
One of the reasons we won that game though was that we were able to keep our offense on the field for sustained drives which Cassel doesn't do consistently throughout a single game let alone several games regardless of what the defense is ranked. Cassel is perfectly capable of stinking it up against the last ranked defense but one thing we do know is that if the defense is good we are without a doubt in for a total stink show.
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The defense won that game with the help of the Packers receivers.
Rodgers threw well, and if the D didn't make a decent play on the ball, from time to time they got lucky that the Pack WR's dropped multiple balls. The defense held Aaron Rodgers to just 6.7 ypa for his lowest total of the year. Also the only game they lost, wonder if there's a correlation there.
The d-backs covered well, the front seven sacked Rodgers 4 times and forced two fumbles.
The offense was 4/12 on third down and the rushing game went for 139. 8 of Ortons passes were to RB's for 71 yds. The only touchdown was a rushing TD, they went 1/5 in the redzone and 1/3 on goal to go.
Orton contributed 0 TD's.