Greg Blache Defensive Scheme!!

[WillH]

Originally Posted by an23dy

I think our offense was really bad and we got unlucky losing some close games. Also, just because you're a top 5 defense it doesn't mean you automatically make the playoffs. I could argue we were the 4th best defense so I just don't see how you can be so sure those other 5 were better than us.

But all I was really saying is there's a lot more of what goes into how good a defense is than just the stats you're using. You gotta think about what offenses they play, what their offense does (if they keep putting the defense in bad positions), and a whole lot of other stuff that you can't just average with stats. Just because a team is 10th in interceptions, 10th in yards, 10th in yards allowed per drive, etc, it doesn't mean they're the 10th best defense. There are a lot of important factors not related to the team defensive statistics. I think it's more of an opinion than a statistical analysis.

Yeah, I agree to an extent. I mean I wouldn't argue we had a top 5 D, but I agree that our offense's poor play had an impact on our D's stats. Someone mentioned they didn't hold on in the last couple min of games and a "championship team" would have, and that's true. Our D obviously wasn't good enough last year to win it all, but it is hard to scrutinize them too much because in those games they were on the field WAY too long. I don't think you can hold that against GB either.

As far as the pass rush. If I remember correctly the D wasn't generating much pressure in the last couple years of GW. The fact is we have had a serious talent deficiency on the DL and LB's (only as far as pass rush is concerned) for many years. Let's see what they can do with some real talent up front.