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Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar
Let's be fair here. If we're going to judge a unit by its worst day, then we'd have to say that KC's D is terrible. I don't think that Carolina game is quite as bad as you're making it out to be either. They allowed 5.4 yds per play and 1.9 points per possession. Even if it's a weak offense, that's nothing to be that embarrassed about.
Denver's held 9 of 13 teams under 20 pts. Despite having an offense that consistently goes three and out.
Can you imagine the point total if KC's O was going three and out all day in Cincinnati? They'd have hung 50.
I do think Denver's defense has been a little overrated, but the impressive thing to me is that, despite losing their best edge rushers and having a lot of key injuries throughout the year, their results stayed roughly the same. That tells me they have a solid coordinator who knows how to maximize their ability.
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Fair points.
Though using CAR as an example (didn't know that was their worst game, just picked that one because I knew that they were not very good on offense), and cherry-picking certain stats is just standard CP procedure. Just going with the flow, as it were.
Anyway, I could point out that the Chiefs defense overall played more than well enough to dominate DEN kn every key statistical area, except for scoring efficiency, which would be the Chiefs worst day in that regard, so should also be thrown out.
Further, I'll point out that DEN's defense as a whole has been together longer and has more veterans, and leave it at that for now.
My other point would be that DEN has played a slate of pretty pedestrian opponents this season for the most part.
But as i said during the GDT, there are obvious issues with the KC defense, and in spite of their overall dominance in that game, the unit is still underperforming, particularly on DL and at S. However, the fact that there are a lot of rookies that are obviously still in the developmental stages of their careers, as well as new faces that are still learning their roles, gives me hope that they will continue to progress and improve down the stretch.
And maybe if DEN had just gotten more BJs they would've beaten CAR?
