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By Nathan Brown | The Advocate
Super Bowl XLVIII was supposed to settle the score. With the most productive offense in NFL history that put up an eye-popping 37.9 points per game facing a defense that held opponents to 14.4 during the 2013 regular season, the football world was ready to finally find the answer to the age-old adage: Does defense really win championships?
Five years later, the discussion continues.
“We called the game, and Denver was the No. 1 scoring offense, and they were playing the Seattle defense, and Seattle ran them out of the stadium by halftime,” said Fox football broadcaster Troy Aikman of the game he called with colleague Joe Buck. “They totally shut that offense down. Now, I’m not willing to say great offenses always prevail, but it has this year.”
The few seasons before that game at MetLife Stadium and in the years to follow, a trend was building in the NFL, as the most successful teams continued to average more points on offense and surrender more on defense. It was one that finally exploded this football season across the upper-echelon of the league. ...
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