01-03-2022, 12:47 PM
(01-03-2022, 12:45 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Too many fans think defense does not count.
The '05 Bengals had a poor defense and was not a serious Super Bowl contender. This year's defense is better than the '05 team, but still a problem when talking about winning a Championship.
Both the teams from '13 (#6 scoring offense, #5 scoring defense) and the '15 (#7 scoring offense, #2 scoring defense) were mor balanced and more likely to win a championship than the teams from '05 (#4 scoring offense, #22 scoring defense) and this year (#5 scoring offense, #18 scoring defense).
I am not bashing the current team. Once a team gets in the playoffs anything can happen, but neither the '05 team nor this year's team had the best offense in the league that could just steamroll every opponent.
Hard to argue the stats, but I seem to remember having a pretty great defense in 05. Wasn't that deltha oneal, pollack, thurman, etc? I'm old now and suffer from CRS (can't remember sh**).
