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A bit of levity...

twylyght

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A lot has been made of our vaunted defense, so I wanted to bring in a bit of perspective to what has been accomplished this year.  Looking over the stats for the year thusfar, we have played some weak offenses.  To date, we have played the last three offenses in the league with respect to total yardage production.  The highest ranked offense we've played ranks 15th.

 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/total

 

The good news is that we play 3 more games against teams that are firmly in the lower half of the league for offensive production (Tampa and Atlanta 2x) with the Jets and New England ranking 13th and 14th respectively.  

 

The bad news is that we play New Orleans and San Fran which are top 10 offenses.  San Fran has had to deal with much stiffer defenses, so their ranking is more convincing as being formidable.  New Orleans is much more of a mixed bag as their competition has been a bit lighter.  

 

By the end of November, we should have a much better idea of how good this team really is.  2-2 says that we are firmly average.  3-1 says that we are playoff worthy.  4-0 says that we are true contenders and we've arrived.

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worth noting that our defensive ass-spankings contributed to their drop to bottom-tier offenses statistically. we beat bad offenses, but we also are part of the reason they're considered bad.

 

the fact is they've look especially bad against us, which is good news. that's what's supposed to happen when good teams play bad teams. you're supposed to beat their asses off.

 

losing our first two games basically nixed any breathing room we might've had this season, so i'd if we beat the falcons on sunday then our game against san francisco will be by far the biggest game we play this year. it'll be our test, on the road, against a good offense and defense, and we'll find out whether we are who we think we are.

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