Defense Still Wins Championships

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(09-26-2023, 03:27 PM)grampahol Wrote: The defense could have won both of the first two had the offensive been up to snuff..but they were on the field way too much because of too many back to back 3&outs. The best they could have hoped for against Cleveland was a 3-3 tie.. 

TBH Cleveland was on the offense - in particular on Burrow. He was VERY inaccurate and failed to hit wide open receivers and by most counts left at least 3 touchdowns on the field. Against the Rats THAT was on the defense - they completely failed to get pressure and even to maintain fundamentals like gap discipline and playing zone correctly. They also were incapable of getting off the field. 

Against the Rams the defense fixed a lot of the issues we previously saw. They played much tighter zones, used misdirection and the like to help the DL prosper and just shut the Rams down.