Comments on: Season in review: AFC and NFC South http://www.footballperspective.com/season-in-review-afc-and-nfc-south/ NFL History and Stats Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:30:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chase Stuart http://www.footballperspective.com/season-in-review-afc-and-nfc-south/#comment-6300 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:30:37 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=5747#comment-6300 In reply to sunrise089.

It’s a good point and reminds me of a topic I brought up at the old PFR blog

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/?p=4533

I’ve got thoughts on updating that post this offseason

]]> By: sunrise089 http://www.footballperspective.com/season-in-review-afc-and-nfc-south/#comment-6298 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 04:45:46 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=5747#comment-6298 Chase, since you talk again about the Tampa 32nd->1st run defense I might as well bring up the issue I’ve been thinking about since you first started talking about it – namely it isn’t impressive AT ALL to rank highly in either defensive metric at the expense of the other. On offense if you average 10 ANY/A passing and 2 yards rushing it’s no problem, just pass all the time. On defense though you don’t get to select the play calls! I could coach New Orleans (or pick your favorite bad defense here) to first in the league in rush defense if I wanted – just put 9 in the box every play, never blitz, and make sure you have contain.

If Tampa was at least giving up on the run in order to have better pass defense (like some of the successful Manning Colts team did) that would at least mean they were trying to focus on the more dangerous threat. But in 2012 to hyper-focus on run stopping to me suggests a coach who cares a lot more about soundbite affirmations than he does about winning.

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