Not a bad first half for the first-team defense, especially when you consider how many bad situations they were put in via “quick change”.
The second half with the second-team defense is another story. Just about as brutal as it can get.
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Comes down to two things as I see it: Injuries and Finishing. Neither are very predictable. Look at the Pats teams that went to the Super Bowls. All had a remarkable ability to stay healthy at the key spots, of course the Gronk AFCCG injury in 2011 was devastating, but the 2007 team really only […]