adeltaY
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Or, rather, not this year. I was trying to find stats on this but couldn't. I know Pete mentioned it during his exit interview with Brock and Salk a while back. He said that we barely had the lead and that affected the way the defense was able to play. I found the stats on Football Outsiders. We ranked 21st in playing time with a lead at 9:19 and 18th in total game time trailing at 24:15. I really wish they broke it down further by one and two possession leads. Not horrific, but not good, and definitely not what we want to see next year.
Off the top of my head, I can't think of many games where we had a two score lead. The Giants game, @49ers, Colts, Eagles, and Cowboys games were the only ones. I'm not sure if we had a two score lead in any game at halftime. Maybe the Eagles game?
I think this really hurt us this year. Teams didn't have too play with as much urgency to catch up to us, rather, our offense was the one in that position. The defense couldn't pin its ears back and rush the passer and there were fewer chances for mistakes as our opponents could afford to be more conservative. The offense was the main culprit and they had to play manic catchup in the fourth, which sucked as well. I hope
Off the top of my head, I can't think of many games where we had a two score lead. The Giants game, @49ers, Colts, Eagles, and Cowboys games were the only ones. I'm not sure if we had a two score lead in any game at halftime. Maybe the Eagles game?
I think this really hurt us this year. Teams didn't have too play with as much urgency to catch up to us, rather, our offense was the one in that position. The defense couldn't pin its ears back and rush the passer and there were fewer chances for mistakes as our opponents could afford to be more conservative. The offense was the main culprit and they had to play manic catchup in the fourth, which sucked as well. I hope