Lanky Livingston
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This concept has been talked about in other threads to an extent, but I thought it deserves its own thread. Many talk about how the Redskins were bad because of the ineptitude of the offense, despite top 10 defenses under Williams and Blache. That the defenses were actually better than the stats, but could not hold leads or win games because the offense consistently had 3 and outs, or gave the ball away in their own half. Well then, shouldn't the opposite be true? Shouldn't great defenses give credit to great offenses?
I'll repost the stats from the other thread about New England and Green Bay:
Football is a team sport - no matter how good an offense is, the defense has to be good for the team to win it all and vice versa. This goes back to the team-building concept - it all boils down to good drafting and good financial decisions. This team has been so mismanaged since theDanny took over, there is no hope for a competitive team unless someone starts from scratch, which is exactly what Shanahan and Allen are doing. So yes, this team is going to struggle offensively AND defensively until all the pieces are put into place.
Could they have maintained a decent defense staying in a 4-3? Maybe, but a complete rebuild was still necessary because the DLine had been ignored for so long (until 2009), just as the OL had been. Bottom line is that we are arguing back and forth about scheme when its pretty irrelevant. The teams that succeed in their switch are teams that have lots of depth because they've built their squads the right way. The future is bright in DC no matter WHAT defense they run, as things are now starting to be built the RIGHT way.
I'll repost the stats from the other thread about New England and Green Bay:
New England has been top 10 in points and yards every season since 2004 except 2006 when they were 11th in yards. Green Bay has had a top 10 offense in points & yards every year except 2005 and 2006, when Green started to struggle with injuries.
Football is a team sport - no matter how good an offense is, the defense has to be good for the team to win it all and vice versa. This goes back to the team-building concept - it all boils down to good drafting and good financial decisions. This team has been so mismanaged since theDanny took over, there is no hope for a competitive team unless someone starts from scratch, which is exactly what Shanahan and Allen are doing. So yes, this team is going to struggle offensively AND defensively until all the pieces are put into place.
Could they have maintained a decent defense staying in a 4-3? Maybe, but a complete rebuild was still necessary because the DLine had been ignored for so long (until 2009), just as the OL had been. Bottom line is that we are arguing back and forth about scheme when its pretty irrelevant. The teams that succeed in their switch are teams that have lots of depth because they've built their squads the right way. The future is bright in DC no matter WHAT defense they run, as things are now starting to be built the RIGHT way.
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