Offense v. Defense using comparable stats

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

And I'm not making excuses.....but no Peters for the entire game and no Ford for half the game is what caused that.

And before someone jumps in with "NO MACLIN!".....we had him before and our offense was still shit.

Of course that's the reason the D was bad - but the D was still bad.

You can say you aren't making excuses but if someone points out the defense played poorly and you say "but Ford and Peters weren't there" well that's exactly what you're doing.

Yes, injuries probably caused it. Yes, the gameplan changed because of the personnel and it kept them from being able to play the kind of D they wanted. But in the end, the D was ****ing BAD yesterday and the why of it is only relevant going forward. In explaining yesterdays outcome, why they were bad doesn't matter; the scoreboard went in TBs favor because they were bad - full stop.