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Sure the 2004 squad ran for more yards at 0.2 yards more per carry, but it’s night and day when comparing their passing game. Brady threw for 3600 yards and 29 scores to 14 picks in 2004 while the pats qb’s combined for 4300 passing yards and 32 touchdowns to 2 picks all year. I’ll give you the broncos had a tougher task in the Super Bowl, but not Seattle. Regardless of how good Peyton and the skill positions were, Denver was screwed out the gate off how beat up their offensive line was. They were down 3 starters going into the game and I think they were on their 3rd string center, who set the tone on the first play from scrimmage when he snapped the ball over Peyton’s enormous head and through the back on the end zone. It also didn’t help that Denver got 0 sacks & 0 turnovers on defense while the defense gave up 27 points to the Seahawks offense with all 3 Seattle touchdowns being red zone scores too.
The 2006 ravens were definitely a better team and absolutely one of the greatest defenses ever (they did also face better quarterbacks than the 2000 lineup did), but their defense wasn’t as good as the 2000 unit was. It’s a goddamn shame that unit doesn’t get its praise because of how the offense blew it against the colts (especially watching McNair break down on a drive by drive basis).
60 sacks on the year (2nd only to the chargers whose leading sacked failed a drug testYou can only play who is in front of you. What the Ravens defense accomplished in 2000 without the help of an offense who went many weeks without scoring a single TD can’t be understated. That defense statistically is the greatest defense ever. You have to be joking about the 2006 Ravens D. Something to be said about winning the SB vs losing divisional round
), 28 picks to 16 td passes allowed, 2nd in net yards per attempt allowed, 1st in rushing touchdowns allowed with 5, 2nd in yards per carry allowed and 2nd in rushing yards allowed. Led the league in average yards, time, plays, and points allowed per drive. Led the league in total points allowed at 201, which is 12.6 per game. For some perspective, the 2013 Seahawks gave up 231 points, the 2008 Steelers gave up 223 (that’s another defense that really gets slept on. Super Bowl aside that was absolutely a historically great defense), the 1985 bears gave up 198, and the 2002 buccaneers gave up 196.The 2006 defense more than did its job in that divisional round game vs Indianapolis. The colts didn’t get into the end zone once, holding the colts to 261 total yards of offense & forcing 2 turnovers while the offense put up 6 total points compared to turning it over 4 times and at one point threw a pick in the end zone on a possession where they got it down to the colts 4 yard line. They were 2-11 on third down. The offense only had 5 drives where they gained even 25 yards. They had just 1 drive that took even 3 minutes off the clock. Over the last 45 minutes of the game the offense scored 3 points while turning it over 3 times. Go back and look at the details of that loss. It’s something you could copy and paste straight from that October 2000 stretch where the offense gave the defense nothing whatsoever. Given the context of how bad the offense was, that’s one of the best defensive showings in playoff history.
Can’t you read? I was giving props to the Ravens.
. When I look at greats defenses I look at the QBs they faced and competition. 
