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Originally Posted by Tinlar
Cut out their drive that was killed at the half and it looks like this...
1: 36 yards - Field goal
2: 0 yards - Punt
3: 5 yards - Punt
4: 57 yards - Touchdown
5: 8 yards - Punt
6: 21 yards - Punt
Compared to our first 6 drives ...
1: 60yards - Touchdown
2: 53yards - Field goal
3: 3yards - Punt
4: 78yards - Touchdown
5: 9yards - Punt
6: 7yards - Punt
We are claiming our Offense and Defense dominated them but in that comparison we only kill one drive more than they did. My, point? That the above stats do not tell the tale of this game. We _DID_ dominate this game and that stat that shows it is ToP. The credit for that stat belongs to the offense and the shoulders & legs of Priest.
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You left out the number of plays on the drives. You bet the offense gets some of the share for the ToP numbers. But when you have that huge of a gap in the numbers, the defense has to be involved as well. And they were. 3 plays, 3 plays, 1 play, 3 plays, and 5 plays is pretty efficiant work by the defense, IMO.
I'm not discounting the offense at all. I thought AS called a brilliant game. I just think the defensive performance was equally impressive. Just as the offense was keeping the defense off of the field, the defense was putting the offense right back out there. That is what some of us have been waiting to see for a long time.
I'm well aware most are going to wait to jump on the bandwagon for at least 3 more games. It is going to boil down to how we do against Vick and his Falcons, and Manning and his Colts.
In the mean time, I am going to enjoy the progress I have seen from the defense over the past two or three weeks.