When is the Defense gonna get in the game?

[NBT]

Well, I beg to disagree. The offense has to score almost 30 points every week for us to have even a chance to win. that doesn't sound like very good defense to me. Plus turnovers are still killing us. We have got to tighten down the screws.

[TexicanMexican]

I think the defense played a decent game. I thought they came close to a few more sacks but most times Pennington had time to throw.

[Nconroe]

we're dead last in turnover ratio, so that makes it tough on the defense. and game clock management seems weak so far. but we seem to be getting better against the run, getting more pressure, and even defending a few passes. game smarts, tackling still need to get better, hope that is due to being mostly a young team. might get Dunta back in a week or two.

[NBT]

We won the game yesterday because the offense was good at the last. The two games before we had a small lead to hold. The defense blew it. Case rested.

[cadams]

Originally Posted by NBT

We won the game yesterday because the offense was good at the last. The two games before we had a small lead to hold. The defense blew it. Case rested.

so it was the defense's fault that sage fumbled the ball and it was returned 60 yards for a td? it was the defense's fault that sage then fumbled the ball a second time on the texans' 20?

I am not disagreeing that the defense is not good for the most part. They really only have 2 good players on the squad, but you can't put all the losses on the defense. Turnovers kill football teams.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by NBT

We won the game yesterday because the offense was good at the last. The two games before we had a small lead to hold. The defense blew it. Case rested.

over-simplification and bad argument. Defense gave up just 14 first downs and held 2/10 on 3rd down. That is how you turn it over 4 times and yet hold a 69-49 advantage in plays run.

Bottom line, if the offense does not turn the ball over yesterday its a blow out. Can anyone disagree with that statement.

[cadams]

no disagreement here

[papabear]

Originally Posted by barrett

Defense gave up just 14 first downs and held 2/10 on 3rd down.

I think that was my favorite stat from yesterday. The D was actually able to get off the field. There's plenty of room for improvement, but I can't remember the last time we were that successful at holding on third down.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by NBT

We won the game yesterday because the offense was good at the last. The two games before we had a small lead to hold. The defense blew it. Case rested.

Against the Colts, the defense had a 17 point lead with 4 minutes left. The offense turned the ball over 3 times to loose the game. That is not on the defense.

Sorry but what game did you watch?

Again as was pointed out by cadams, if the offense gives up the ball 3 times a game, then the defense is going to be at a disadvantage.

The last 3 weeks Richard Smith and the defensive coaches have been doing a solid job, the players are not always making the play, but the coaches have been making the correct calls.

[KJ3]

for any reason it would be nice to see this defense hold a team to under 20 points in a game. because if our offense is to continue scoring as they do, that's really about all we need from them.

[NBT]

Well, yesterday against Cincy, we finally played a complete game on both sides of the ball. We limited Cincy to only 6 points. Now let's see how well this is going to translate to a good running team like Minnesota.

[cadams]

Originally Posted by NBT

Well, I beg to disagree. The offense has to score almost 30 points every week for us to have even a chance to win. that doesn't sound like very good defense to me. Plus turnovers are still killing us. We have got to tighten down the screws.

Well if the offense didn't turn the ball over 4 times a game maybe they wouldn't have to score so many points. The defense is far from solid, but you can't lay all the points scored in the games this year on the defense. 14 points of the total in the colts game were directly due to offensive turnovers. (Sage's fumble returned for a TD. Another Sage fumble on the Texans' 20 yard line). You could argue that the defense should have held them to a FG on the second turnover, but that is still 10 points directly due to turnovers. The offense had the same issues against Miami.