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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The NFL average is around 7.1 yards per pass and teams are throwing the ball damn near 50 times/gm against us. We're gonna give up yards, fellas. A shitload of them, in fact.
I do think that long term, yards allowed is a more reliably predictive measure than points allowed and that's of some concern. We won't continue to get 5 turnovers and that many sacks to suppress our points totals. But we'll probably continue to give up a lot of yards.
The hope is that, as has been the case thus far, those yards come when the game is decided. The defense has come up strong in big ways several times this year and there are signs that it's going to continue to improve. If the last 2 weeks are a baseline of what the defense can do, that's enough to win with.
That said - I'd probably sit Houston this week and just be prepared to take a whupin' on D. See if Mahomes can outscore Brady and get Houston healthy. The last thing we need is another Berry situation (or another Houston from '16 situation). Get him right and move forward. I'd rather not lose this game but winning in Foxboro is a tough ask either way and if we do, it won't be because of the D anyway.
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I couldn't agree more.
I don't want to count this game as a loss in advance, though.
Actually, I'm looking forward to a true shootout (NE's defense ain't "all that") for once. Mahomes vs. Brady. Kelce vs. Gronk. Watkins vs. Edelman. Hill vs. Gordon. Hunt vs. Michel. Points vs. More Points.
That has the makings of a great game.
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