Can we put to bed the myth about our offense?

TwistedHusky":2rp47au0 said:

At the start of the year, there was a lot of buzz about how the offense was going to overtake the defense as the strongest part of the team.

Can we officially put that weird rumor to bed now? This team wins because of the defense.

We have come back with the offense and scored some, sometimes to take leads but without the incredible job by the defense when the offense continually does nothing for a half (or in this case an entire game), this team would have accomplished nowhere near as much.

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RussB":32ruy46p said:

The talent is there, i just dont get why they cant consistenly put up points.

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Hawkpower":2aghvu5g said:

TwistedHusky":2aghvu5g said:

At the start of the year, there was a lot of buzz about how the offense was going to overtake the defense as the strongest part of the team.

Can we officially put that weird rumor to bed now? This team wins because of the defense.

We have come back with the offense and scored some, sometimes to take leads but without the incredible job by the defense when the offense continually does nothing for a half (or in this case an entire game), this team would have accomplished nowhere near as much.

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Not sure I have seen that narrative too much around here.

You sure your not blowing that storyline up a little bit?

As a side note, we see this up and down from our offense every year. Literally every year.

It sucks and it needs to be better, but tonight wasnt indicative of some bigger problem. Its the same stuff we always see, and the offense usually bounces back the following week to be just fine.

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TwistedHusky":19i64i6o said:

At the start of the year, especially in the preseason, that was absolutely the line they were selling.

This was the year, with Wilson, Rawls, and a healthy Graham that the team started winning more because of the offense than the defense.

The problem is that players ARE great, but you could give Bevell Barry Sanders in his prime along with Steve Young and Jerry Rice and he could still probably screw it up. It doesn't matter though.

This team wins because of the defense.

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Hawkpower":3p1wzhtj said:

TwistedHusky":3p1wzhtj said:

At the start of the year, especially in the preseason, that was absolutely the line they were selling.

This was the year, with Wilson, Rawls, and a healthy Graham that the team started winning more because of the offense than the defense.

The problem is that players ARE great, but you could give Bevell Barry Sanders in his prime along with Steve Young and Jerry Rice and he could still probably screw it up. It doesn't matter though.

This team wins because of the defense.

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I guess a few people may have said that. Not the vast majority though, cmon.

And of course this team wins because of the defense, although last week we all wanted to put them on a skewer.

Funny how the emotions swing from week to week.

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Rob12":1m0pp1wy said:

Hawkpower":1m0pp1wy said:

TwistedHusky":1m0pp1wy said:

At the start of the year, especially in the preseason, that was absolutely the line they were selling.

This was the year, with Wilson, Rawls, and a healthy Graham that the team started winning more because of the offense than the defense.

The problem is that players ARE great, but you could give Bevell Barry Sanders in his prime along with Steve Young and Jerry Rice and he could still probably screw it up. It doesn't matter though.

This team wins because of the defense.

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I guess a few people may have said that. Not the vast majority though, cmon.

And of course this team wins because of the defense, although last week we all wanted to put them on a skewer.

Funny how the emotions swing from week to week.

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The emotions are deserved. We have an elite (though a bit banged up) QB, good receivers, and an elite receiving TE. Yet, this team has put up the same exact amount of points as the Brian Hoyer/Jay Cutler led Chicago Bears.

111 points in six games (18.5 PPG) is going to get the emotions going.

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NFSeahawks628":1i7r61w5 said:

111 points in six games (18.5 PPG) is going to get the emotions going.

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Bigpumpkin":2yezb5aw said:

NFSeahawks628":2yezb5aw said:

111 points in six games (18.5 PPG) is going to get the emotions going.

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28th in the league... you know who's 27th at 18.6? The Cleveland Browns.

Do you feel that seat getting hot Bevell?

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TwistedHusky":znkrcihh said:

They learned from that & adjusted....like a reasonably decent coordinator is supposed to.

We went in with no gameplan because we use the 1st half to probe for weaknesses to figure out our game plan at the half.

It shouldn't be a mystery that won't work consistently, right?

You cannot just come in, screw around for 2 quarters, and expect the light bulb to go off so you can start producing. Remember the other team is trying to score during all this too.

Our DC comes with the a gameplan, sometimes effective, sometimes not. But the OC just comes in banging on different parts of the fence looking for weaknesses. It is almost as if he doesn't scout or watch film.

Just maddening.

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RussB":1i3xgv0u said:

The talent is there, i just dont get why they cant consistenly put up points.

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TwistedHusky":exkskiie said:

I dunno, I think I have been pretty consistent in my searing hatred of Bevell. Even when he wins I point out he sucks.


because he does....and winning a few games that your defense keeps you in until your QB hero balls it, does not change that .

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