Mental Toughness wins in the Playoffs

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(01-18-2017, 03:08 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: The offense's poor play disguised the defenses inability to stop the run. You won't win many games giving up 180+ yards rushing:

2011 vs Houston - Foster had 153 yards rushing. Tate had 37.

2012 vs Houston - Foster had 140 yards. Martin had 16. Schaub had 262 yards passing.

2013 vs San Diego beat us 27-10. Brown had 77 yards rushing on 8 carries. Woodhead had 54 yards. Mathews 52. That's a lot of rushing yards to give up. Rivers was 12/16. We only had 1 sack.

In 2012 the defense held the Texans to 19 points while putting 7 on the board via a pick six and XP.  The worst offense in the NFL can get 13 points in a pinch, so that was just a huge fail, there.  We could also point out that teams ran all over our defense in no small part because we were playing catch-up and turning the ball over like mad in each game.

I'm not saying the defense wasn't an issue, but the offense has put up bottom-tier numbers each time.