Comments for The Best Defense in Indianapolis History at http://18to88.com , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://18to88.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:38:18 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/the-best-defense-in-indianapolis-history.html#comment-3528 Great points, Buzz. Part of it is a 'right now' argument. Right this minute do you trust the O or the D more? Right now, I'm leaning toward the D, becuase other than the one bad quarter against the Pats, I think they've been better recently. Still, your points are well noted. - DZ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:19:54 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/the-best-defense-in-indianapolis-history.html#comment-3527 The defense has been good this year but the offense has been better: Football outsiders rankings: Offense #2, defense 5 Yds/drive - Offense #1, defense#20 Drive success rate offense #1, Defense 17 Pts/drive - Offense 2 defense 7 punts/drive - offense 7th, defense 21st Advancednflstats.com - offense 2, defense 5 profootballreference new ratings - offense 3, defense 6 Not one of the stat based measures look at the defense better than the offense. Add to that the fact that teams game plan to stop the offense and take on the offense which is going to hurt the offense more than the defense and vice versa. Clearly belichek feared the offense more than the defense. don't get me wrong...I love the defense this year and it is nice having a very good defense as we aren't even used to a competent defense but i think we are getting a little ahead of ourselves to start to think it is better than the offense. those voting for the defense as better than the offense are the ones that are so spoiled by the offense that you don't realize how great the offense is compared to the rest of the league because you are used to seeing great offense and the opposite for the defense - you are used to seeing bad defense so a very good defense looks like the best defense ever. Just my two cents. - buzz Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:15:11 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/the-best-defense-in-indianapolis-history.html#comment-3512 Hello all. Interesting to see so many people saying pre-Freeney injury 2007 as the best. I completely agree, and would be surprised if it changed the rest of the season. The secondary that year was as good as there was in the NFL for a while, and that was the year the DTs -- with Ed Johnson, Quinn Pitcock and Keyunta Dawson - as rookies had the team really excited about the future there. Anyway, that's my two cents. -- john oehser - John Oehser Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:22:44 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/the-best-defense-in-indianapolis-history.html#comment-3511 What's up with this glute injury that held Peyton out of practice? I've never heard of a glute before. Is it potentially serious? - 35er Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:04:35 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/the-best-defense-in-indianapolis-history.html#comment-3510 I think I know where you're going with this, and if I understand you correctly, Tim Jennings has been a crucial part of the top two Colt defenses of all time. This is a nice teaser for TJAD '09, thanks. Can't wait for the main course. - LukeM Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:41:25 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/the-best-defense-in-indianapolis-history.html#comment-3491 Have you guys seen the Manning meter on Indystar? They have a sortable database of all of his stats. I was astounded by one stat in particular: He has a QB rating of 115.6 on fourth down. That's... crazy! I was thinking something around 90 would be impressive. - Guy. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:13:57 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/the-best-defense-in-indianapolis-history.html#comment-3487 The defense was amazing for the first 9 games. They even shut down SD after Manning gave them 6 picks. If it wasn't for return TD's, people would have praised the Colts defense for winning them a game where Manning was awful. - MikeJ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:15:14 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/the-best-defense-in-indianapolis-history.html#comment-3485 It was special right up until it wasn't. In fairness to 2005, DVOA adjusts for opponent strength, and the 2007 unit was just barely superior. - DZ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:50:02 +0100 http://18to88.com/2009-archives/november/the-best-defense-in-indianapolis-history.html#comment-3484 The 2005 defense faced a lot of easy teams on their schedule. The 2007 defense before Freeney's injury is the correct answer. They held the Patriots to just 24 points (10 in the first 3 quarters). - MikeJ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:33:15 +0100