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Gus Bradley's D and our ST has been the difference this year


chad72

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The first 5 games last year - we gave up 28, 27, 25, 17 and 31 points under Eberflus last year. When we gave up 18 points or less, we did not lose last year. When we gave up 23 points or more, we lost EVERY SINGLE game last year.

 

Our first 5 games this year - 20, 24, 17, 24, 9 -> Tie, Loss, Win, Loss, Win

 

This team is not built for high scoring games, the style of offense Frank runs is not conducive to shootouts and shootouts lower the margin for error for our QBs. The pattern is the same, just that both our wins came in games we restricted our opponent to less than 20 points. Tells me one thing - Gus Bradley and this D along with our ST has been the difference.

 

It basically tells me we can win just only 1 way, on the strength of our D and ST right now. If Chase was our kicker in game 1, that probably would have been a win, IMO.

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