Defense wins Championships

[*PhilHos*]

(11-14-2017, 02:53 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: The defense is not what ails us buddy ! Our they championship caliber ? There's no way we can find out under these circumstances.

We're dead last in the NFL in rushing, 70 yards per game ! That's an epically bad number   We're dead last in the NFL in total offense at 270 yards per game ! The winless Browns are 23rd in total offense at 313 yards per game ! Eye opener huh ?

We're 31st in the NFL in time of possession at 26:52, over the last 3 games we're averaging 22:08. Again epically bad !

Has the defense been a lights out 85 Bears unit ? Hell no ! They've had their struggles but under the circumstances you can't hate on the D. They're playing a game and a half every game, that wears on you.

While I don't think our defense is as hopeless as say our offensive line and I fully understand and sympathize that they don't get as much rest as they should due to offensive ineptitude, the fact remains that our defense just hasn't been playing well the last few weeks. I think it's symptomatic of Merv having lost the whole team, but still ...