We've had to hear endlessly about the Patriots' "31st-ranked defense," a fact based solely on the number of yards they allowed in the regular season. And there's no refuting it — they allowed a metric ton of yards. But that doesn't mean that they're terrible.
Let's offer another stat that does a nice job of balancing, courtesy of our Scott Kacsmar -- New England is the only defense in 2011 not to allow more than 27 points in a game once all season.
Does that sound like the work of a terrible defense?
New England did allow 34 points in a loss to Buffalo — but seven of those came thanks to a pick-six by the Bills' D, so only 27 of them were allowed by the D.
And if you've, you know, actually watched the Patriots' defense play over the last two months instead of just repeating the same tired stats, you get the picture of a team that plays physically up front, can get to the quarterback and is excellent in the red zone.
They have forced at least one turnover in 13 straight games, and after allowing an average of 477.5 the first four weeks they've allowed 379.8 the last 14 weeks — not a great number, but not a terrible one either, especially considering the amount of garbage time involved.
They are certainly prone to lapses in the secondary — frightening ones, at times — and have been inconsistent from half to half and even drive to drive. They are not the 2000 Baltimore Ravens. But they are certainly not terrible."
We've had to hear endlessly about the Patriots' "31st-ranked defense," a fact based solely on the number of yards they allowed in the regular season. And there's no refuting it — they allowed a metric ton of yards. But that doesn't mean that they're terrible.
Let's offer another stat that does a nice job of balancing, courtesy of our Scott Kacsmar -- New England is the only defense in 2011 not to allow more than 27 points in a game once all season.
Does that sound like the work of a terrible defense?
New England did allow 34 points in a loss to Buffalo — but seven of those came thanks to a pick-six by the Bills' D, so only 27 of them were allowed by the D.
And if you've, you know, actually watched the Patriots' defense play over the last two months instead of just repeating the same tired stats, you get the picture of a team that plays physically up front, can get to the quarterback and is excellent in the red zone.
They have forced at least one turnover in 13 straight games, and after allowing an average of 477.5 the first four weeks they've allowed 379.8 the last 14 weeks — not a great number, but not a terrible one either, especially considering the amount of garbage time involved.
They are certainly prone to lapses in the secondary — frightening ones, at times — and have been inconsistent from half to half and even drive to drive. They are not the 2000 Baltimore Ravens. But they are certainly not terrible."
Give me a break the Giants beat the Pats by 4 points scoring with less than a minute to go.You call that destroying.
How the hell did the Giants lose TWICE to the lowly
5 -11 REDSKINS ?
| Actually a laughable post....You said the Pats have not allowed over 27 points all year then say they have to Buffalo and that was because of the 7 from the pick 6...C'mon brother if you analyze every defense in the league and add the Offense throwing a pick 6 you will find more teams in that category...." Actually, no. There are no other teams in this category, just the Pats DEFENSE. |
| Actually a laughable post....You said the Pats have not allowed over 27 points all year then say they have to Buffalo and that was because of the 7 from the pick 6...C'mon brother if you analyze every defense in the league and add the Offense throwing a pick 6 you will find more teams in that category...." Actually, no. There are no other teams in this category, just the Pats DEFENSE. |
We've had to hear endlessly about the Patriots' "31st-ranked defense," a fact based solely on the number of yards they allowed in the regular season. And there's no refuting it — they allowed a metric ton of yards. But that doesn't mean that they're terrible.
Let's offer another stat that does a nice job of balancing, courtesy of our Scott Kacsmar -- New England is the only defense in 2011 not to allow more than 27 points in a game once all season.
Does that sound like the work of a terrible defense?
New England did allow 34 points in a loss to Buffalo — but seven of those came thanks to a pick-six by the Bills' D, so only 27 of them were allowed by the D.
And if you've, you know, actually watched the Patriots' defense play over the last two months instead of just repeating the same tired stats, you get the picture of a team that plays physically up front, can get to the quarterback and is excellent in the red zone.
They have forced at least one turnover in 13 straight games, and after allowing an average of 477.5 the first four weeks they've allowed 379.8 the last 14 weeks — not a great number, but not a terrible one either, especially considering the amount of garbage time involved.
They are certainly prone to lapses in the secondary — frightening ones, at times — and have been inconsistent from half to half and even drive to drive. They are not the 2000 Baltimore Ravens. But they are certainly not terrible."
The most meaningless stat of the decade, the Pats being the only team not to give-up more than 27 points.
So if they give-up 27 pts every game but never more that makes them better than a team that gave up 30 pts and 34 pts but gave-up 3 pts twice, 7 pts 3 times and 10 pts 4 times, according to the report the author would believe so.
Give me a break the Giants beat the Pats by 4 points scoring with less than a minute to go.You call that destroying.
How the hell did the Giants lose TWICE to the lowly
5 -11 REDSKINS ?
I believe the NY Giants play to their level of competition.. As a die hard fan , I believe the Giants are the better team.GL to the Patriots if you"re a fan. 
Give me a break the Giants beat the Pats by 4 points scoring with less than a minute to go.You call that destroying.
How the hell did the Giants lose TWICE to the lowly
5 -11 REDSKINS ?
I believe the NY Giants play to their level of competition.. As a die hard fan , I believe the Giants are the better team.GL to the Patriots if you"re a fan.
Good man I'm not here to argue.It's nice to see someone not totally blind to the fact the Patriots can't win.Hell I'm smart enough to know the Giants can win. I'm sure this will be a hell of a game.
You are not wrong (and very cute too) the Niners would have beaten the Giants if not for 2 untimely miscues. Pats roll like the tide the back bay
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