lefty420 Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/bafongu/2007/10/24/Defense_CAN_Win_A_Superbowl It’s Up To The Redskins Defense Now. What can you say about the play of the Washington Redskins defensive unit? Tossing around accolades and superlatives like great, excellent or fantastic just doesn’t seem to capture the Herculean effort they’ve been putting forth week after week this season. Time and again they have either actually scored touchdowns or put the offense in tremendous scoring position. If you were to remove the points scored by the defense this year the Redskins would be 2-4 instead of 4-2. Football is a team sport, but this season the team is all defense. With the continued ineptness of the offense, an ineffectiveness that ironically coincides with the arrival of Al Saunders “book”, it is now up to the defense to win the day. It isn’t likely that a defensive unit can win a Super Bowl, but it has been done. For the last time it happened you only need look 30 miles north to Baltimore. Led by perpetual Jabba the Hut impersonator Tony Siragusa, the Ravens defensive unit of 2000 ranks as one of the best ever assembled. Called on time and again to rescue the impotent bumblers on the offensive side, a Ravens offense that went 21 consecutive quarters without scoring a touchdown, they finished 12-4 to make the playoffs and go on to win the Super Bowl. :applause: Click link for the rest of the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty420 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/bafongu/2007/10/24/Defense_CAN_Win_A_Superbowl It’s Up To The Redskins Defense Now. What can you say about the play of the Washington Redskins defensive unit? Tossing around accolades and superlatives like great, excellent or fantastic just doesn’t seem to capture the Herculean effort they’ve been putting forth week after week this season. Time and again they have either actually scored touchdowns or put the offense in tremendous scoring position. If you were to remove the points scored by the defense this year the Redskins would be 2-4 instead of 4-2. Football is a team sport, but this season the team is all defense. With the continued ineptness of the offense, an ineffectiveness that ironically coincides with the arrival of Al Saunders “book”, it is now up to the defense to win the day. It isn’t likely that a defensive unit can win a Super Bowl, but it has been done. For the last time it happened you only need look 30 miles north to Baltimore. Led by perpetual Jabba the Hut impersonator Tony Siragusa, the Ravens defensive unit of 2000 ranks as one of the best ever assembled. Called on time and again to rescue the impotent bumblers on the offensive side, a Ravens offense that went 21 consecutive quarters without scoring a touchdown, they finished 12-4 to make the playoffs and go on to win the Super Bowl. :applause: Click link for the rest of the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Our Defense this year is great but I don't think it's 2000 Ravens great. That was one of the best Defenses in league history. And as inept as their offense was, Jamal Lewis did have 1300 rushing yards and Shannon Sharpe had 810 receiving yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Our Defense this year is great but I don't think it's 2000 Ravens great. That was one of the best Defenses in league history. And as inept as their offense was, Jamal Lewis did have 1300 rushing yards and Shannon Sharpe had 810 receiving yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbiggs Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 The Cardinals were wearing our defense out towards the end of the game...if we can't sustain any drives the Pats are going to do the same thing only earlier in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbiggs Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 The Cardinals were wearing our defense out towards the end of the game...if we can't sustain any drives the Pats are going to do the same thing only earlier in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty420 Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 Our Defense this year is great but I don't think it's 2000 Ravens great. That was one of the best Defenses in league history.And as inept as their offense was, Jamal Lewis did have 1300 rushing yards and Shannon Sharpe had 810 receiving yards. portis is on pace to rush for 1100 yards. cooley is on pace for 500 yards recieving but the better stat is 11 tds he is on pace for. randle el is on pace for over 1100 yards as well. when you look at the numbers our offense is ahead of the baltimore offense that year. and we are pretty good inside the redzone where the ravens ofense always collapsed. the point of the article was not we are the ravens but that our defense is doing what the 2000 ravens defense did and thats win games. and facing a explosive oppenent again this week our defense will need to be our strength once again. with out our d we are not 4-2 and casue of that d we have a good chance this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty420 Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 Our Defense this year is great but I don't think it's 2000 Ravens great. That was one of the best Defenses in league history.And as inept as their offense was, Jamal Lewis did have 1300 rushing yards and Shannon Sharpe had 810 receiving yards. portis is on pace to rush for 1100 yards. cooley is on pace for 500 yards recieving but the better stat is 11 tds he is on pace for. randle el is on pace for over 1100 yards as well. when you look at the numbers our offense is ahead of the baltimore offense that year. and we are pretty good inside the redzone where the ravens ofense always collapsed. the point of the article was not we are the ravens but that our defense is doing what the 2000 ravens defense did and thats win games. and facing a explosive oppenent again this week our defense will need to be our strength once again. with out our d we are not 4-2 and casue of that d we have a good chance this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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