Studs and Duds first half of season

Run along please

 

General observation: I don't remember what critical matter of the universe hangs in the balance of this argument, but if we apply a little more effort with grammar and substance, and a little less with personal attacks, it might make for more compelling conversation.

 

So, despite some poor comparisons by multiple posters, it is clear that judging a defense solely based on points given up is lazy and inaccurate. There are other factors that can affect the total of points given up. Was the Jets defense worse two weeks ago because it gave up a touchdown after Bishop returned an interception to the one-yard line? Of course not.

Turnovers by the offense or special teams errors can make things much harder on a defense. That is why you see Detroit scoring 52 points in a game with 225 yards of total offense. That isn't to say the Titans were good defensively in that game, but it wasn't all on the offense.

Take a recent college game as an example. Pitt blew out Syracuse last week, 41-13, but didn't have a great offensive day. The Panthers intercepted five passes and returned three of them for touchdowns. You would think the Syracuse defense was horrible in that game, but that wasn't the case.

Of course, points given are a huge part of how you evaluate a defense, but they are just part of the equation if you want to do it accurately.

 

I'm all for better grammar and more substance, but that standard could be applied more consistently. Also, I tend to fight my urge to refer to errors in punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar. Though I agree with the importance of clearing up such things in effective communication, I'm sure you realize that posting about such things only antagonizes the poster in question.

 

Good luck with this

 

Next time I do an English Thesis I will make sure to have you proof read it. Thank You.

 

For sure, but I was talking about the defense... so not sure how that applies.

We played 2 top 10 ranked defenses going into our bye (Chargers - 1, Denver - 3) and 2 bottom 10 (Raiders - 27, Cowboys 31). The rest were middle of the pack (between 11 and 22). The last 9 weeks, we play against 4 bottom 20 defenses (Baltimore - 26 (x2), Cincinnati - 23 (x2)) and 2 top 10 defenses (Chiefs - 5, Eagles - 7). The rest middle of the pack. So yeah, we have slightly better matchups with our offense that make up a little bit of the fact that we play a lot of high level offenses. There's no panic button of course, because even if our defense gets torn up, we can still outscore teams... but I'd like to see the defense stiffen up a bit. Been way too loose the last month or so.

 

Just bringing it up for the flip side. We are going to face better offenses which in theory should mean we give up more points. But we are also going to be facing weaker defenses which means we should get more points. So they kind of cancel each other out.

 

That's why I stated it as a general observation. It's not specific; each can take from it what they will.

As for the spelling/grammar, I found it entertaining that a post talking about how somebody else is too dumb butchered some basic spelling and grammar concepts. But maybe DJ18 was being purposefully ironic

 

You always know when someone has no point or valid argument when they resort to spell/grammar check on a message board when someone is using an iPhone to post with. Congrats bud you get the golden star

 

I remember watching a NFL talk show about that and a retired D lineman was on the show and he said there is holding on 75% of every snap in the NFL.

 

It's possible and I have no problem when the refs let the players play, if it's also the case for the secondary which is the case come playoff time

I hate flag happy refs so much...it's hard to watch when they are so flag happy, it's not good for the game, like we saw in the game vs Denver....It was hard to watch

 

Come on, man. The rule before that is that you know someone has no valid argument when they resort to personal attacks. Plus it's rude. And when it's about another being 'too dumb' while you trip and fall over some basic spelling and punctuation, it's clownish.

I wasn't even part of whatever argument you were having, so I'm not resorting to anything.

 

Let’s leave it at that, have a nice one Thor. I’m in a good mood today so spell check this post all day long

 

YAAAAY

someone above got an extended recess time.
maybe even an extra chocolate milk from the lunch lady

 

I usually agree with this, but I actually think he was just joking.

 

I dont, eye relieve tore ment wut he ment

 

Too bad he doesn’t correct the pathetic attempt at humor you try on here daily.

 

Wow 4 hours to compose. bravo

it's HUMOUR

Go have a box of raisins

 

Chocolate covered?

 

Toss in for some reason on this site my iPhone spellcheck changes Yinzer to Klingon for some reason

 

Let's enjoy this QB room while we can. Wilson, Fields and Allen is the best QB room since Roethlisberger, Batch and Leftwich. Allen looked like a competent QB on that one play, subbing for Fields!

 

I totally agree. So I don't know why the laughing emoticon at the end.