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Originally Posted by Rausch
Let's look at our major areas of weakness on defense and how our defense has progressed each week.
Week 1: 34 pts Allowed. 199 rush yards allowed (including plummer's scrambles.)
Week 2: 28 pts allowed. 184 rush yards allowed.
Week 3: 17 pts allowed (the defense did not throw the INT for a TD) and 56 total rushing yards allowed.
Week 4: 17 pts allowed (the defense did not allow a KR for a TD) and 80 total rushing yards allowed.
Over that four week span you can clearly see a big jump in defensive performance in the areas we were weakest last year. You have not seen a huge performance by one single player, true. You have also not seen a completely dominant defensive performance, but the Baltimore game was close.
And THAT is why I feel this defense has improved and will continue to improve. Last year even POOR offenses would put up big numbers against our defense. Even poor QB's and RB's would have big days.
That isn't happening this year. Outside of week one we've played good against good teams, and even great against a 500 team and a top 5 back in the NFL. We are stopping teams we SHOULD be able to stop, which we didn't do last year.
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I with you, like I said; If the defense that played Baltimore shows up for the rest of the season I will not bitch. I will not call them the dominate force of this team, but I'll smile when they take the field as oppsed to takin an extra shot to dull the pain (that was called for last year).