People keep bashing the offense

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(11-22-2017, 04:58 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: True enough, but as Bfine's stats prove we are much better on Defense as a whole than we are on Offense.

The time of possession is really the most telling stat and it really hinders our Defense the most. Cannot blame them
as much as the Offense that is all i know. But as i said, both are to blame. The Defense would help themselves if they
got more 3 and outs and played more aggressive IMHO.

I don't put much stock into PFF, we have a lot more good players on Defense than Offense. Atkins, Dunlap, Burfict,
Lawson, Willis, WJ3 and now Billings is starting to come around. On Offense we have Dalton, Green and Mixon and
all are hampered by our O-line.

Absolutely 100% all of this.  The offense is way more culpable in all of this.  No question.  However, as you noted, the defense has had their own 3rd struggles as of late.  Could it be their numbers are inflated from playing bad offenses overall?

They started off against a bad Ravens offense (18th scoring), a Texans offense that was starting Watson for the first time (6th), gave up the game in GB in the only game the offense really played well (20th scoring), then the Browns (32nd), Bills (19th), and Colts (25th).  Jax (8th) GASHED them from the opening kickoff, a dominant rushing performance.  The Titans (15th) ran all over them, as did Denver (24th).  Pittsburgh (14th) just totally beat the cornbread hell out of the entire team.

Yes, the offense is abysmal, but I think the defense has a couple fatal flaws that offenses are beginning to exploit, and maybe their numbers are a touch inflated due to playing against offenses that have had their share of scoring problems themselves