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Originally Posted by FringeNC
I've bashed Sutton quite a bit -- mainly for the playoff debacles, but if you look at the stats, we're not that bad on D. Middle of the pack on yards per pass play, middle of the pack on opposition QB rating. Yep, we are bad against the run, but does that really matter? We're tied for last with the Rams and the Pats on that.
The good defenses stop the pass, not the run, and we're actually not that bad against the pass. Our total numbers are inflated because of the garbage yardage we've given up. Yards per play is what's important.
Not arguing that the D is good or even adequate, but it is far from being the worst ever. It's not the worst in the league this year.
If we get Watkins back healthy and get healthy on the O-line, we're marginally the best team in the league, despite our unimpressive D.
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I agree with your take. If Berry can play well, this D should be adequate.
The safety play was a disaster this season.