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Originally Posted by Ragnar
You watch football right? You are making statements as if you didn't watch a single game and just looked at stats. I don't care if the Giants gave up 1000 points during the season, they were not the same team in the Super Bowl. The Giants got better defensively and peaked in the playoffs. So yes, they were a great D by the time the playoffs came. The first 12 games have nothing to do with it. They are just stats.
Teams sometimes do get better or worse as the season progresses.
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Yeah, football is a much different animal than baseball when it comes to statistics. Who was injured? Who did they play? Were they home or away? On grass or on turf? What about playcall selection? Was the defensive line scheme changed? What about blitz packages? How about secondary coverage? I could go on and on. There are far, far more "fuzzy" statistics in football than in baseball.
Also, I would always take the great defense and medicore offense. See '85 Bears and '00 Ravens. The '91 giants combined a solid running game and a great defense to beat an explosive offensive team (and the most lopsided time of possession ever).
The Niners of the 80s and the Cowboys of the 90s had both of course.