The Pats were ranked 31 in total D and beat the Ravens who were top 5. And the Giants who won the SB were 27th in total defense and they beat the top 5 9ers. You would have never seen TWO teams ranked that low defensively in the SB 10, 15, 20 years ago.
Let's get it on the record, before the season starts: NFL Predictions
- Thread starter LastEmperor2k2
- Start date
The Pats were ranked 31 in total D and beat the Ravens who were top 5. And the Giants who won the SB were 27th in total defense and they beat the top 5 9ers. You would have never seen TWO teams ranked that low defensively in the SB 10, 15, 20 years ago.
yseJ
Empire strikes back
what times youre comparing today to tho ? compared to 10 years ago, sure.
compared to last 5 years, while it is trending towards less impact, but its not that all that huge nh
the team with a top 5 best defense in the playoffs won last year. another team came within a dropped td catch and a shanked chip shot away from a sb.
there are more teams which won the SB in the last 10 years with a a good d and a crap offense than vice versa
even in the last 5 years you had quite a few top d performances dictating the winning team
steelers and packers won it all with top defenses, and giants always brought their a-game d's in the playoffs during the SB runs
saints were 2nd in the league in TOs forced during 2008 run.
you cant really find a completely shytty defense in the last 5 years that was on SB winning team. and in superbowl in general, even the pats last year were like top 5 in turnovers forced
without a dominant or opportunistic defense theres no chance for a team to win the big game, none. if teams cant defend the run, no amount of offense will do them any good.
SpittinThatKnowledge
Banned
Too early for predictions, should've started after preseason. Dolphins 4-12..... 
That's the thing, you can win all the games you want with a trash defense in the regular season, but in the post season you have to face teams with good O and a good D.
Packers had a very fruity schedule if we don't recall, I dont think they played a top 5 defense all season.
Saints - bad D
Panthers - terrible D
Bears - good d, but not great
Broncos - good d, but were awful at this point in the year
Falcons - okay defense at best
Rams - terrible team
Vikings - terrible team
Chargers - terrible D
Vikings - terrible team
Bucs - bad team
Lions - good team, defense was swiss cheese though
Giants - good team, at this point D was still suspect
Raiders - decent team
Chiefs - bad team, which they lost to
bears- same as before, no Cutler though now
Lions - bad d, backups beat them
You see why their 15-1 wasn't that impressive and why they were able to cost with no D, once they played teams that did both well in the playoffs, they folded.
But that Giants playoff D was very different than their regular season numbers, I think we all agree on that.
And truth be told, both the Giants & Pats got to the SB on some super flukey shyt when they beat those top 5 defensive teams.
Oh really? So I guess if we didn't force those 5 turnovers we still would have won?
Get a clue.
I think he is referring to Tampa and Baltimore, not last 10 years but don't play dumb.
oh really you guys know how to cause fumbles better than the rest of the league?
please. the fact people still cant grasp that fumble recoveries and forced fumbles are basically luck is ridiculous
good lord shut up
See that's why you're a fool.
You suck the dikks of every other team, bow down kissing their ass non-stop.
You're not capable of critical thinking you?
Yeah well that hard hit by Whitner, total luck right?
You don't know what the fukk you're talking about.
And how you forget there was also 2 int's in that game. Those probably had nothing to do with us winning either.
GET A CLUE
yseJ
Empire strikes back
oh so Drew Brees throwing 2 picks, one close to being a pick 6
Whitner knocking out pierre thomas at the 5 yard line forcing a fumble
yimmy being rattled by whitner,
Brees being under perhaps most pressure he's been all year,
bushrod having the worst game of the season against smith bros
was all NOT because of our D ?
oh so Drew Brees throwing 2 picks, one close to being a pick 6
Whitner knocking out pierre thomas at the 5 yard line forcing a fumble
yimmy being rattled by whitner,
Brees being under perhaps most pressure he's been all year,
bushrod having the worst game of the season against smith bros
was all NOT because of our D ?
The idiot should stick to Jets football, he doesn't know shyt about any other games it seems.
How could someone watch that game and say "The 49ers defense didn't win them that game".
