| Arkaign said: The Bengals are actually a lot like the Falcons, a QB capable of good to great numbers, a great WR1 target, and a mediocre defense. Where they fall apart a bit is the intangibles, which may not be totally fair, but they don't have a wealth of playmakers outside of QB1/WR1, and Dalton has a history of making egregious errors down the stretch. It's a team I wouldn't mind being wrong about, it's nice to see a team rise up after many many years of poor to mediocre levels of success, and Dalton is still pretty young. But as yet, I've seen nothing that tells me that their team is deserving to be looked at as an elite-level team. |
Doubtless true: the Bungles have their moniker for a reason, and the first weekend of playoff football has become a national holiday due to the Bungles' repated ineptitude. Still, I have a soft spot for those losers, even if I doubt they'll ever ascend past being losers during my lifetime.
| chocoloco said:
You mean because the Chargers O-line is so beaten up? The whole line is made of glass and Phillip Rivers was hit and sacked continously by the Vikings? the Chargers look in trouble to me .
Also, the stats I was talking about: wins the chi If anything this does show that having a better than average defense and offense is what really decides who becomes football's world champions each year.
http://www.sportingcharts.com/articles/nfl/does-offense-or-defense-win-super-bowl-championships.aspx If |
I agree your defense still has to be respectable, but I think your tables show that defense is no longer the deciding factor that it used to be. So unless the wheelchair gets vacated...
mornelithe said:
Andy Dalton in the post-season. It's basically going to be their achilles heel until they prove otherwise. I haven't watched them either, but I've heard numerous folks simply not caring about them until they see them show up in a post-season game. |
It's funny, and sad, because it's true. The holiday of Westivus should become officially recognized!
