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<blockquote data-quote="vince" data-source="post: 615814" data-attributes="member: 10935"><p>As you probably know, they finished 19th in scoring defense on the basis of leading the league in INT in 2011. They were 32nd in total yards allowed. 32nd in passing yards allowed, 27th in sacks. That's fantastic opportunism offsetting a porous defense to keep opponents from scoring enough to finish slightly below average in points allowed.</p><p></p><p>Last year they finished 13th in scoring defense, 15th in total yards allowed, 10th in passing yards allowed, 9th in sacks, and 7th in INT's - a less porous defense with a pretty good pash rush but half as many interceptions as 2011 (16 vs. 31). The defense improved dramatically (from 25th in scoring defense after 8 weeks and a 5-3 start to 13th by season's end and finishing the year 7-1) when they moved Barrington/Matthews in and Hawk/Jones out.</p><p></p><p>Maybe the 2015 version won't be better than 2011. Time will tell. I'd say there's good reason to think it will be.</p><p></p><p>Top 10? They became that at the end of last year even with the Atlanta defensive debacle. If you could magically take out the Atlanta game they'd have been top 5 caliber in terms of points allowed the 2nd half of last year allowing only 18.5 points a game. In the end, you can cherry- pick specific opponents to dis all you want to try to undermine their performance but that's great defensive productivity in the NFL plain and simple. It may be optimistic to think they'll repeat that performance over the course of the whole year but with Matthews probably being more effective than last moving all over the field - top 10 may be optimistic but I don't think it's totally unrealistic by any stretch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vince, post: 615814, member: 10935"] As you probably know, they finished 19th in scoring defense on the basis of leading the league in INT in 2011. They were 32nd in total yards allowed. 32nd in passing yards allowed, 27th in sacks. That's fantastic opportunism offsetting a porous defense to keep opponents from scoring enough to finish slightly below average in points allowed. Last year they finished 13th in scoring defense, 15th in total yards allowed, 10th in passing yards allowed, 9th in sacks, and 7th in INT's - a less porous defense with a pretty good pash rush but half as many interceptions as 2011 (16 vs. 31). The defense improved dramatically (from 25th in scoring defense after 8 weeks and a 5-3 start to 13th by season's end and finishing the year 7-1) when they moved Barrington/Matthews in and Hawk/Jones out. Maybe the 2015 version won't be better than 2011. Time will tell. I'd say there's good reason to think it will be. Top 10? They became that at the end of last year even with the Atlanta defensive debacle. If you could magically take out the Atlanta game they'd have been top 5 caliber in terms of points allowed the 2nd half of last year allowing only 18.5 points a game. In the end, you can cherry- pick specific opponents to dis all you want to try to undermine their performance but that's great defensive productivity in the NFL plain and simple. It may be optimistic to think they'll repeat that performance over the course of the whole year but with Matthews probably being more effective than last moving all over the field - top 10 may be optimistic but I don't think it's totally unrealistic by any stretch. [/QUOTE]
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