The ain'ts are going ok hey mate,great game i sense not many people on here like them very much.......................
Well they are sure going this year, even if they don't play the rest of their regular season games.
You can say what you like about the Monday game but I have rarely seen an offense execute better than they did and Brees is really at the top of his game. I do hope it is a good draft year and that the Skins have not traded off their top round picks.
The classic example of the defense over the offense was Dan Marino's one Super Bowl. Miami and it's super offense against the 49er's and their good offense and great defense. The 49er's sent them packing. Stopped them dead. That was a GREAT 49er team. -- lancer
I must differ with you there mate. It is not quite that simple and I think the post season results over many years shows that. All offense or defense will not cut it for post season but you need some degree of both and all great teams have that. Certainly the Patriots and Steelers had more than a little offense going for them or they would not have been so successful.
The simple fact is that the Saints are playing at a championship level at the moment and to paraphrase Dowding, "if they continue, they will win the Superbowl; if they do not, they will go home early and have January free."
I must differ with you there mate. It is not quite that simple and I think the post season results over many years shows that. All offense or defense will not cut it for post season but you need some degree of both and all great teams have that. Certainly the Patriots and Steelers had more than a little offense going for them or they would not have been so successful.
I really think it does not matter how well a franchise has done historically; otherwise the Skins would be feared much more than the Saints.
Well frankly any history of team success can be overcome by a diligent owner. Again I cite my favorite team's record.
As to the rest, I am afraid I see your examples somewhat differently and certainly not without exceptions.
The Saints...
Going undefeated is tough...
I don't think Don Shula is too nervous yet...
5 games left in the regular season...
the Cowboys are their biggest threat...
Atlanta on the road is a legitimate spoiler...
anything can happen...
Lowly Miami took them to the limit 6 weeks ago...
leading 34 to 24 til the 4th quarter...then the Saints put up 22 unanswered...
then the playoffs...
nothing but contenders and some good defenses...
Miami's undefeated season is still intact...at least so far...
I wanted to come back to this George because there are some interesting statistics that suggest it is much less cut and dried. Since 1970, 15 No. 1 defenses and 17 No. 1 offenses have played in the Superbowl. So as to winning post season championships, the record shows both are very important and either one can lead a team to victory. In the Superbowl, 12 of the No. 1 offenses won and 9 of the No. 1 defenses won. This trend slightly favors the defense but it is hardly definitive and we all know that odd things can indeed happen in that last clutch game. It is interesting also to note that when a No.1 offense plays a No. 1 defense, the odds makers basically call it even depending on other factors like recent history, relative records, injuries etc. So is it always the defense that wins; I respectfully suggest that you can't tell.
Maybe they had an off day and the Skins were high but with our offensive record, the NO performance was hardly inspiring. Again to paraphase Dowding, "must find more defense or lose." It was a call that should never been made as the evidence to overrule the field call was not there. The 'skins were robbed. Oh well, it has been that kind of season for Washington. The NFL refs suck. They can't even get it right with replay. Good thing I'm not bitter. Saints won but were not impressive on the defesive side. They will lose sooner or later. -- lancer
