[QUOTE=BigCatDaddy;10018147]Last year with no defense, the great drew brees couldn't even carry his team. yet this year so far, with Sean Payton back, pretty much the same defense except for a "49ers back up lb" as clay called him, basically calling him a chump in Parys Harelson, and adding a rook in Kenny Viccaro, have one of the stingiest defenses in football right now, and the Saints are 3-0. Rob Ryan is also a huge part of that, I meant to list him.


The packers secondary is still awful, and despite the great Aaron Rodgers, his packers are 1-2.

Peyton Manning for as well as his offense is doing, and despite the competition, his defense is destroying people at will at the moment.

What cost the Packers, and Broncos in the playoffs last year?

Rhahim Moore ring a bell? The Packers inability to stop the run? And the Saints set the record for pathetic last year giving up the most passing yards in the history of the NFL.

Shrugs???

Did I say that the qbs had NOTHING to do with the wins. Of course they did. But in the end, it took their defenses having that crucial stop creating that turnover, and sealing the game. That's all I was saying......

Look at the playcalling in Q1-3 versus the 4th quarter.

In Q1-3, we're not running the ball often enough, and when we do, it's out of the ****ing pistol.

In Q4, we're running the ball 60-70% of the time, and using the FB.

If the OL was truly horrible, we wouldn't be running the ball worth a shit in the 4th quarter either.

As Milkman said:

Great post is great post. I think clearly the oline is more comfortable at this point in a traditional set where they can line up, with Sherman in front of Charles, and basically keep it simple. Alex Smith is more comfortable in that as well.

I am not sure who said it, but yeah, I mentioned that in the Chat on Thursday about how the Chiefs ran back to back playactions to the same side, and hadn't at all tried to establish the run. The playcalling, in the first three quarters was beyond ridiculous to me.

Didn't you just answer your own question? I don't know enough about Jamaal Charles to really make a statement on what he did in the past. But just judging from what I saw last Thursday alone, he seems to be much more productive when running behind Sherman, then when running read option crap.

It was said on a FF show on NFLN. They talked about picking him up because he was the 4th best option at QB. Like I said, it surprised me, but he doesnt have any picks, and that helps in FF bigtime.

Elite QB play is practically a prereq to win multiple playoff games, so when everyone has an elite QB at that point, yeah, stuff like defense and other factors come into play.

It's like in hockey, when people say defense and goaltending wins championships.... yet, practically every year it takes a top 10 offense to win the Cup. Why? Because once you get to the 2nd round of the playoffs, every team has great goaltending and defense.

Same thing with QBs... it's much easier to get there with elite QB play, or else you need to be elite at several other positions (such as an entire defense), and by the time you're playing for hardware, just about everyone has a great QB, so those teams need defense and other positions to make the difference.

Elite

Eli 5 td 8 ints 70.5 rating 0-3

Big Ben 4 tds 4 int 3 fumbles a pick 6 81.2 rating and is 0-3

Geno 3 tds 6 int a pitiful 65 rating

Rg3 5 tds 4 ints and is 0-3

Schaub 6 tds 4 ints and 87.3

Flacco 3 tds and 2 int 80 rating

Brady 5 tds 2 ints and 79.4 rating

kape 3 tds 4 int 72.5 rating and 3 fumbles

Brees 6 tds 4 int and 91.4 rating

12 other starting QBs have worse numbers than Alex.

You guys need to stop crying and man up-its getting embarrassing-lol

This can't be true! Isn't Alex on a team that went 2-14 last year? Plus there's no way he can win without Harbaugh.

I bet at least 7 out of 9 of those QB's ends up with a higher QB rating than they have now. Care to make a wager? I think all 9 will, but injuries and shit happen.

Who cares about QB rating? Most worthless stat in football.

Christ, Matt Cassel had a rating of something like 114 in a game in which he threw for 90 yards and lost by 20+ points.

It's comical the lengths people will go to the defend AS.

Sure, let's forget about the countless other incredible seasons and the NINE championships on that list because AS has a better QB rating through 3 games this season.

Dear God, people.

That's just terrible. Just.... terrible. Now I know where LAC gets his material.

Turning into the Coalition or WI more and more and more every day.

What about 22-5-1 for the last 3 seasons? He tops everyone on that list that have played within that time frame.

It is not just rating- TD's and turnovers. 3-0 and has made big plays on the ground as well.

When Alex wins a SB you will find something to cry about. STFU

LMAO

I should go back and pull some quotes from when the Chiefs were 3-0 in 2010.... damn haters, complaining about Cassel and knowing what it takes to win in the playoffs.