01-06-2019, 02:01 PM
(01-06-2019, 01:42 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Meh, usually objective folk don't mind looking at additional facts to come to a reasonable conclusion. If I put up a natonwide poll asking NFL fans if they'd rather have the defense that ranked 10th in yards and 13th in points allowed, or the one that ranked 5th in yards and 21st in points allowed, the majority is going to take the former. Unless they have some kind of agenda, like defending a coach they like. Ahem.
As for why the Skins fell off the following year, they lost Darrell Green, Daryl Gardener and Sam Shade. Plus Bruce Smith finally fell off. To the point where he didn't even start half the games.
Ask whoever you want fans are fans; however, there's a very good reason the NFL doesn't use points allowed to rank Defenses. Of course someone will introduce anything they can find negative if they are trying to discredit someone because they don't like him. Ahem
When you point out that Bruce Smith "finally fell off" so him being on the team doesn't count, yet point to the huge loses of Darrel Green (who hadn't started over 4 games in 3 years), Sam Shade who never played another snap in the NFL and only started 3 games in his only year with Marvin, and a dude who only played in 5 more NFL games after he left DC as the reason for falling off. Then you might not be as objective as you think you are.