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Originally Posted by Detoxing
Lol no they won't.
Taking on the only two offenses in the league as potent as our is what you consider a good barometer?
Jesus dude...no defense in the league has been able to keep pace with those O's and our won't either.
The Chiefs will have to score 35+ at least to beat those teams. The Rams and Chargers throwing the ball over the yard on you isn't an indictment.
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The Chargers have been held under 30 by the Raiders, 49ers, Titans, Seahawks and....us. 3 of those times they were held under 27.
The Chargers offense is good, but it's not in the same class as ours or the Rams. I think they're exactly that stiff test that isn't off the scale that makes a perfect milepost for the defense.
The 'God this defense sucks' crowd will never accept 'under 30' as a marker of a tolerable defensive performance but in this league with these rules and an offense of our own that scores with like this one does, I think you have to view that as a tolerable number.
I don't think we give enough consideration to just how difficult this offense makes it for the defense. I wouldn't change it, don't get me wrong, but the D is routinely on the field for 70 plays/gm because the offense just gets the ball, scores in 3 minutes and puts the other guys back out there. And the opponent isn't looking to milk clock when we're getting this big leads either - they're going play after play after play.