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(12-08-2022, 06:50 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Then it's the knockoff Walmart brand of Patriots defense. Here's the Patriots scoring defense since 2001...

2022: 7th scoring defense
2021: 2nd scoring defense
2020: 7th scoring defense
2019: 1st scoring defense
SB Win 2018: 7th scoring defense
SB App 2017: 5th scoring defense
SB Win 2016: 1st scoring defense
2015: 10th scoring defense
SB Win 2014: 8th scoring defense
2013: 10th scoring defense
2012: 9th scoring defense
SB App 2011: 15th scoring defense
2010: 8th scoring defense
2009: 5th scoring defense
2008: 8th scoring defense
SB App 2007: 4th scoring defense
2006: 2nd scoring defense
2005: 17th scoring defense
SB Win 2004: 2nd scoring defense
SB Win 2003: 1st scoring defense
2002: 17th scoring defense
SB Win 2001: 6th scoring defense

That's top-10 in 19 out of 22 years, and 16 of the last 17 years. It's hard to even imagine how amazingly consistently great the Patriots scoring defenses have been for over two decades.

The Bengals scoring defenses were 17th last year and 13th this year.

Bengals were 17th in scoring defense in 2021 with 21.8 points allowed per game. Tampa Bay was 7th with 20.9... The difference between the Bengals being 17th and a top 5 scoring defense was 1.2 points per game...

In 2022 Bengals are 13th with 21.3 points per game with alot of the top 10 teams hovering around 18 to 19 points per game allowed.


For me scoring defense isnt something you worry about the "Ranking" it's about being around that 21 points per game or lower. 21 is the sweet spot for good NFL defenses.