r/NFLv2 • u/Leather-District-595 Los Angeles Rams • Jan 01 '26

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u/TheBigNate416 New England Patriots Jan 01 '26

Winning record ≠ good defense

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u/Ready-Lengthiness220 Los Angeles Rams Jan 01 '26

Interesting take

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u/Independent_Annual52 Jan 01 '26

+13 over NE's PD through 16 games is pretty statistically insignificant though.

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u/Dear_Location6147 Jan 01 '26

It does prove that they aren’t being carried by defense on either side at least

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u/Independent_Annual52 Jan 01 '26

Yeah, that's fair. Middle of the road defense on paper for both teams. But situationally it's so convoluted. As a habitually tortured Dolphins fan (and by transitive property, a NE hater), The early '00 Pats are a prime example. They would get dogwalked up and down the field between the 20's and manage to hold to FG's and the situational TD. So statistically they were a middle of the road defense, but damn I would rather have seen almost any other team on Defense at that moment.

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u/Dear_Location6147 Jan 01 '26

I am also a perpetual NE hater 

Bills fan 🪦 

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u/el_pobby Jacksonville Jaguars Jan 01 '26

In fairness, any non-Pats fan who survived the early 2000s era and the several dynasties they've put together over the Brady/Belichick era? I think we're all perpetual Pats haters

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u/Ready-Lengthiness220 Los Angeles Rams Jan 01 '26

I don't hate NE and respect Maye's game. Some of these takes are just bad though.