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Originally Posted by youtalkfunny
I give up. I wish Rick Pitino were here to tell you guys that "the negativity in this town SUCKS. Andre Tippett isn't walking through that door. Tedi Bruschi isn't walking through that door. Ted Johnson isn't walking through that door."
We're 5-2. Our two losses came on the road, against playoff-bound, division-leading teams, and we were in both of those games until the very end.
You guys go ahead and cry in your beer about how hopeless everything looks, about how anything less than 7-0 at this point is unacceptable, we have no shot in the playoffs IF WE MAKE IT THERE, and the GM should be fired (???!?).
I'm fine with this team. I'm DELIGHTED to have a team this good to cheer for.
There have been 115 games played in the NFL this year, and 5052 points scored. That's about 22 per team, per game. Your "woeful" Patriots have allowed 160 in 7 games, or 22.86. The AP story from today's game said Roethlisberger "picked apart the NFL's worst defense", but the Colts have allowed almost a HUNDRED points more than the Pats (256)! Yes, they've played one more game, but you can throw out the SIXTY-TWO points they allowed to the Saints, and they're STILL allowing more PPG than New England!
Some grumpy old man got upset with me today when I dared to disagree with his assessment of our "awful" defense. "Statistics PROVE IT!", he boomed. Well, the only statistic I care about is the one on the scoreboard at the end of the game, and if our PA remains about average while our PF is among the league leaders, well, that's good enough for me! Sure, I'd love to have an elite defense to go with our elite offense, but that's not how the NFL works.
And my God, look at the schedule we've played! Miami the only cupcake on the list; 3-4 Dallas the only other team with a (barely) losing record!
My parting shot: I told you guys Washington stinks! We've got four cupcakes in December (IND, @WAS, @DEN, MIA), should be fun times.
I said last year that there was no way we would get to the SB with the defense we were putting on the field. I'm thinking the same thing for this year again, however I wouldn't be surprised at all to see us there. The offense is arguably #1 or #2 in the league which helps (you win the game if you score more than the other team).
I hate citing the Packers as a reference, but holy **** the injuries they had last year (obv still had Rodgers and his concussions, Woodson who got hurt in SB and Clay who played with stress fracture in leg for half of season) but Barnett, Pickett, Chillar, Poppinga, and on offense Finley, Grant, and Tauscher. Those were just the guys on IR... my point is nobody picked them to win and they ran hot and won the SB.
We're going to be playing our best ball at the end of the December because we'll be steamrolling teams (IND, @WAS, @DEN, MIA). I hate implying that we have to hot run to get to the SB, but its gotten to the point where BB can't effectively just plug an undrafted or old/washed up player (thinking along the lines of haynesworth/ellis) into his defense and make it work. The offense is going to carry us through the playoffs and all they ask in return is one or two big plays by the defense in the playoffs. I don't think that's too much to ask for because there are some playmakers on the defense (Wilfork, Mayo, McCourty, Chung)
We're 5-2... everyone needs to relax, we're only halfway through the season...