Defense is a Fraud

[jspchief]

Benefitted from playing garbage teams and 3rd string qbs.

I knew our offense was mediocre but shame on me for buying into the D.

[Chiefshrink]

I don't know that are defense was a fraud so much as overrated and hurt at the wrong time.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by ChiliConCarnage

The New England offense was raping anything that looked it's way to start the year. Now they're healthy again. Brady doesn't turn it over. It was gonna require O to make plays.

/'03 Chiefs

[Just Passin' By]

The Patriots’ offensive line was very solid, but the return of Julian Edelman helped Brady get rid of the ball in just 2.13 seconds per attempt.

http://nesn.com/2016/01/patriots-adv...owl-tight-end/

[jspchief]

Well, now we've seen what a real defense can do to Brady.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by jspchief

Well, now we've seen what a real defense can do to Brady.

Let's see them do it without Miller and a hobbled Ware

[JENKINSWINS]

The defense and the 1 turnover lost the game last week. #fact

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Let's see them do it without Miller and a hobbled Ware

Why?

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Let's see them do it without Miller and a hobbled Ware

And no Roby. And on the road.

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Let's see them do it without Miller and a hobbled Ware

They've got the guys to shut down the Pats midgets. We don't have a Talib or Harris on our team.

[jspchief]

They just aren't elite. Feast on bad teams. Bad scheme.

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Let's see them do it without Miller and a hobbled Ware

Houston and Hali being healthy wouldn't have changed anything with the way that our coverage was that day. They simply aren't as fast as a healthy Ware and Miller.

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Really, this is it.

The offensive line played pretty well actually. West was averaging over 5 a pop at one point deep in the game. Hell, even Knile Davis was ripping off 4-5 a carry and that never happens.

At one point in the game Smith was 5/16 on his previous 21 passes and averaging something ridiculous like 3 YPA. Not to mention the fact that we settled for FGs when we needed TDs.

We lost as a team but scoring only 13 points midway through the 4th quarter simply will not get the job done.

So having Avant as the best dependable and healthy receiver on the field had nothing to do with it?

I like Wilson but he's not a natural WR right now, he doesn't do things instinctively like he should (for example, instead of high pointing the scramble drill ball, he kept back peddling and fell on his ass to try to catch the ball in his lap and the defender jumped in front of him). None of them seemed to trust Conley to do his job and the only WR who tried to keep thing alive on scramble drills was Avant.

So you really think this team doesn't need to add something beyond Maclin?

[GloucesterChief]

Originally Posted by jspchief

They just aren't elite. Feast on bad teams. Bad scheme.

Bingo. We play off all the time and against the Pats that is what they want. Every team with a good offense smokes Sutton's D. Reid is too loyal to look at upgrading the position though.

[KChiefs1]

Denver's defense was far better.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by jspchief

They just aren't elite. Feast on bad teams. Bad scheme.

They were one of the top four teams in the AFC playoffs. Without Houston.