sfidc3
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The saints didn't have a good defense in 2009 either but they could score 40 points at will against anyone and forced other teams into turnovers trying to keep pace.
From the first game of the season to the last with that firepower every fan in N.O. was confident the team would hoist the Lombardi.
That extreme confidence hasn't been back since.
Like I said. Wake me up when they win the sb this year and you all can tell me how wrong I was.
From the perspective of yards given up per game they were just ok. But they were a turnover forcing machine. Saying the offense was the reason for the turnover ratio is a bit disingenuous, like the defense had nothing to do with it? Right.....We had a +11 turnover margin, near or at the top of the NFL, was trying to find some stats on red zone defense but pretty sure we were better than average there as well.
We also won a few games because of the defense, the game that sticks out was the NY Jets game, the offense was pretty much stifled by a good Jets D, but the defense got some critical turnovers and I believe scored a TD. Then the following week against Buffalo they held the Bills to 7 points.
The offense got most of the accolades and there is no denying they scored a bunch of points, but the defense contributed as well, to say they didn’t have a good defense is dead wrong.....