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Originally Posted by smithandrew051
I’m not sold on the Tampa defense.
They allowed 449 points last year. Only 3 teams allowed more.
They had 47 sacks, which is pretty good. I doubt it’s sustainable for them though. 19.5 came from Shaq Barrett, whose previous career high was 5.5. 8.5 came from JPP, who’s is 31. Next highest was 6 and everyone else had 2.5 or less.
They allowed 270 passing yards per game, which was 3rd worst in the league. This might also explain some of the sack numbers. They were so bad against the pass that teams possibly threw more than usual. Despite teams throwing against them so much, they only managed 12 picks.
I get that throwing 30 picks hurts your defense. Brady won’t do that, but he also won’t throw for 5,000 yards either.
We saw how easily Mahomes shredded the Titans defense twice. Brady looked absolutely horrible against them. Yeah his weapons weren’t very good last year, but 20-37, 209 yards, and a pick 6? That’s horrible. When Mahomes has zero weapons and Kelce playing (probably hungover) against the Colts, he still managed 321 and a TD.
Tampa Bay needs a first round bye to be a contender. Otherwise, they have zero chance at a Super Bowl.
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You touched on it later in the post, but their QB had like 40 turnovers. It would be difficult for any defense to excel given those circumstances. I'm not saying they're great or anything, but I'm sure they'll perform better this season just by virtue of having a smart QB who moves the chains and doesn't hand them shitty field position.