Which Would You Rather Have?

[Paintrain]

If you look at the teams that went far in the playoffs this year, they all had the common denominator of being high scoring teams. Give me 28 points on offense over keeping a team to 17 pts on defense any day. I think you win more games by outscoring your opponents than you do by trying to stifle them.

[irish]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

If you look at the teams that went far in the playoffs this year, they all had the common denominator of being high scoring teams. Give me 28 points on offense over keeping a team to 17 pts on defense any day. I think you win more games by outscoring your opponents than you do by trying to stifle them.

Exactly. The NFL is an offense oriented league now.

[QBall]

Originally Posted by irish

Exactly. The NFL is an offense oriented league now.

But what happens when that high octane offense meets a lock down defense?

Look at how the Raiders fell in Supebowl to Tampa. We need big D!

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by QBall

But what happens when that high octane offense meets a lock down defense?

Look at how the Raiders fell in Supebowl to Tampa. We need big D!

The Tampa 2 defense has been exploited (see 2006 Redskins and Buccaneers), so your example doesn't hold water, as that was 5 years ago, and even since then, the NFL continues to evolve.

Seeing as the defense was ranked in the Top 10, we could stand to go down a bit on defense and still be competitive on that side of the ball. Wins usually come from scoring more points than the other team, and if you cannot score, then you usually don't win (see Ravens in any year their D is suspect).

I'll take offense, and with the evolution of Jason Campbell and a healthy offensive line, they should be better than last year. Theoretically speaking of course.

[QBall]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

The Tampa 2 defense has been exploited (see 2006 Redskins and Buccaneers), so your example doesn't hold water, as that was 5 years ago, and even since then, the NFL continues to evolve.

Seeing as the defense was ranked in the Top 10, we could stand to go down a bit on defense and still be competitive on that side of the ball. Wins usually come from scoring more points than the other team, and if you cannot score, then you usually don't win (see Ravens in any year their D is suspect).

I'll take offense, and with the evolution of Jason Campbell and a healthy offensive line, they should be better than last year. Theoretically speaking of course.

I'd take a top 5 defense over top 5 offense anyday! Look at 06' when our defense was terrible we couldn't win a game or force a turnover at all. That really was a bad year for us.

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by QBall

I'd take a top 5 defense over top 5 offense anyday! Look at 06' when our defense was terrible we couldn't win a game or force a turnover at all. That really was a bad year for us.

How was '04 with our top 10 defense and #31 offense?

In '06, our offense was ranked in the 20's also. If you can't score, you don't win. It's quite simple really.

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

How was '04 with our top 10 defense and #31 offense?

In '06, our offense was ranked in the 20's also. If you can't score, you don't win. It's quite simple really.

I just noticed your sig,thats hilarious

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by QBall

But what happens when that high octane offense meets a lock down defense?

Look at how the Raiders fell in Supebowl to Tampa. We need big D!

lets not forget about the skins loss to the raiders,highest scoring team ever up to the vikings who also lost to the falcons{cant remember how good the falcons def was} now the pats,highest scoring team ever,lets see how they do
Having said that,I'm all for the off,I'm sick of not scoring any points,its been years since we were good on off,probably sinnce Gibbs 1.0
Even if we were last in def so long as we were top 5 in off I would take it,at least the games would be exciting as hell and I'm used to seeing the games come down to the wire anyway