Sgt. Largent":1wuybq9i said:
volsunghawk":1wuybq9i said:
Sgt. Largent":1wuybq9i said:
Brock and Salk asked an interesting question this morning, so I thought I'd offer it up here.
After three weeks, are we better or worse than last year?
Better or worse than what point of last year?
Better than the team was at the end of the season? Better than the team was after 3 weeks? Better over 3 games than last year's team was over 16?
To be fair, I'd say same point in the season.
Well, last year, we had 2 home games and 1 road game. Both home games were blowouts, but they were of a 49ers squad that struggles offensively in Seattle and the Jags. The road games was against a Carolina team with a strong D but limited offense, resulting in a low-scoring win.
This year, we had 2 home games and 1 road game. One home game was a blowout and the other required OT, but I'd venture to say we faced FAR tougher competition at home this season than we did last year. And as for our road game, well, we were able to move the ball much better against SD than we did against Carolina the year before... the big difference was that Rivers-to-Gates is a far deadlier combo than anything Carolina was able to throw at us.
I'd say that while our record is worse than at this point last season, our offense has shown significant improvement over last year's squad. And while our defense hasn't performed at last year's level thus far, they've faced a far tougher slate of opposing offenses.