Originally Posted by
chief31
...Anyway, this is how a good o-line improves your defense...
Let's say your offense is having a hard time moving the ball...We'll just put your offensive TOP (Time Of Posession) at 28:00. (30:00 would be exactly half of the game, and exactly average)
What that means is that your defense is on the field for 32:00 per game.
This is likely to make for a pretty bad team.
Now, we replace that o-line with better players...
Now, you are able to convert on 3rd down more often, meaning that your offense gets more plays to run. Let's say they are good enough to to go from bad (28:00 TOP) to good. (32:00TOP)
What this does is lowers the number of plays, and amount of time on the field that your defense is expected to do their jobs. Now, they are only on the field for 28:00 instead of the previous 32:00.
If the defense is the same, except for that factor, which defense is likey to do better, over the course of the season?
Please consider that the defense that plays with a poor offense has four more minutes per game (16 games) for a total of 64 minutes more. With that 64 minutes, do you think that they might give up a little more yardage, even some points, perhaps?
Now... the same can be done in reverse. A defense that gets off the field quickly gives their offense more opportunites.
But to sit and act like you don't understand how an improved offense helps their defense out is just silly.
One more thing...
I didn't make up anything that you didn't say.
You actually posted that. Somehow coming to the conclusion that having great o-linemen "=" a bottom 10 defense.
Either own what you post or admit an error. But don't act like I fabricated it.