That stretch where the defense was merely okay began during the GB game, in which we saw what would happen to it if the offense gave them nothing: the team went 1-4 in the GB-TB1-NE-HOU-JAX stretch, with outputs of 0 (post-Carr injury, and only 10 prior), 9, 13, and 17 (24, minus the pick-six + PAT) points in the four losses. The Jacksonville game was also frustrating because there was a missed FG early, then the offense turned multiple first-half short fields (fumble forced by Adebo/muffed punt, and fair catch interference) only into field goals.