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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 433113" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">I’ve already spent way too much time on this so this is my last post on this topic. The saying you quoted has been around for a very long time. I’ll bet most NFL fans understand its meaning and it means defense is more important than offense or special teams when it comes to winning a title. “Defense wins championships” is unambiguous. Many fans, including me, believe with the changes in rules which favor offense and the passing game in particular, it no longer applies: Defense is not the most important aspect of the game. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Perhaps you are having a problem with language. For example, “bromide” does not mean “bore” in the context in which I used it. I posted, “…</span><span style="color: #141414">I only refuted your overly broad bromide that "defense wins championships". You apparently understand that to mean, “I only refuted your overly broad <strong>bore</strong> that "defense wins championships". That doesn’t make any sense in that context, does it? What it means in this context is “an unoriginal or trite saying”. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">When you post ‘until a team with the 32nd ranked defense wins the Super Bowl’ it leads me to believe you don’t understand what “Defense wins championships” means. The team with the 25th scoring defense won it – a team in the bottom quarter of the league. And by posting that you contradict your argument you were just talking about the playoffs. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Here’s the definition of modicum: A small amount; a little. So what you have said in your posts is “defense still wins championships”. The plain meaning of that is defense is the most important aspect of football to win a title; defense is preeminent. You have also said a team needs a ‘modicum of defense’. Arguing that a team must be balanced in offense and defense contradicts the bromide you used: If a team needs both, one isn’t most important. And saying a team needs a ‘small amount of defense’ contradicts saying defense is most important even more. If you can’t understand that I can’t help you. And I’m done trying. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">BTW, alleging that I posted something stupid when I posted no such thing escalates an argument IMO. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 433113, member: 4300"] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]I’ve already spent way too much time on this so this is my last post on this topic. The saying you quoted has been around for a very long time. I’ll bet most NFL fans understand its meaning and it means defense is more important than offense or special teams when it comes to winning a title. “Defense wins championships” is unambiguous. Many fans, including me, believe with the changes in rules which favor offense and the passing game in particular, it no longer applies: Defense is not the most important aspect of the game. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Perhaps you are having a problem with language. For example, “bromide” does not mean “bore” in the context in which I used it. I posted, “…[/COLOR][COLOR=#141414]I only refuted your overly broad bromide that "defense wins championships". You apparently understand that to mean, “I only refuted your overly broad [B]bore[/B] that "defense wins championships". That doesn’t make any sense in that context, does it? What it means in this context is “an unoriginal or trite saying”. [/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Tahoma]When you post ‘until a team with the 32nd ranked defense wins the Super Bowl’ it leads me to believe you don’t understand what “Defense wins championships” means. The team with the 25th scoring defense won it – a team in the bottom quarter of the league. And by posting that you contradict your argument you were just talking about the playoffs. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Tahoma]Here’s the definition of modicum: A small amount; a little. So what you have said in your posts is “defense still wins championships”. The plain meaning of that is defense is the most important aspect of football to win a title; defense is preeminent. You have also said a team needs a ‘modicum of defense’. Arguing that a team must be balanced in offense and defense contradicts the bromide you used: If a team needs both, one isn’t most important. And saying a team needs a ‘small amount of defense’ contradicts saying defense is most important even more. If you can’t understand that I can’t help you. And I’m done trying. [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]BTW, alleging that I posted something stupid when I posted no such thing escalates an argument IMO. [/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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