Your argument that the Patriots have a poor Defense is factually wrong. They are flexible, and are superior on a short field. Beyond that, the Patriots frequently grind out yardage... that means, time on the field for the offense... every minute the O is ON the field, the D is NOT. They make the superbowl because they have an excellent Offense that controls the clock, and a Defense that is good enough. In the 60's, the Redskins defense consisted of 4 players. An average defense would have resulted in multiple post season performances.everydayAskinsday wrote:Countertrey wrote:You have to have a defense in order to get to the playoffs.
Sam
Sonny.
Done.
Labaron get honorable mention.
Theisman is NOT in the conversation. He and Ryp, were the product of the mind of Gibbs.
not to go off into a whole other debate but a great QB can overcome a poor defense.. look at the Patriots for instance, they have had Defenses routinely ranked in the bottom if not last in the league and they practically make the Super Bowl each year and are a playoff team because of Brady. The Redskins made the playoffs just this past year with a very suspect D but Great QB
but my point was that IMO I think playoffs/ Superbowls are important hence the reason I ranked Sonny lower than all you.
When you have a quarterback like Sonny (and no running back, which was the case for MOST of Sonny's career)... you will score quickly quite often. That means that you may be losing the TOP war... and, if that's the case, your D had better be pretty darned stout.
Your characterization of this year's Redskins D is also based on a purely statistical analysis... This defense was quite good on a short field... and, like the Patriot's d... played pretty darned well in the second half of the season, and with it's back against the wall.
Jay Schroeder.