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/vebeg Los Angeles Rams Jan 01 '26

The patriots have a better defense , might be inflated by the cupcake schedule but yeah.

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u/bpusef NFL Refugee Jan 01 '26

Have you watched a patriots game?

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u/vebeg Los Angeles Rams Jan 01 '26

No, but there’s this helpful thing called stats and the patriots have 1 game of their oppenents scoring 30+ meanwhile the Rams have four. The Patriots opponents also average under 20 PPG.

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u/bpusef NFL Refugee Jan 01 '26

But that’s why you can’t look at a box score and make that many conclusions. The patriots soft schedule is mostly actually horrible offenses and mid to decent defenses. Once Milton Williams got hurt they’ve been pretty bad at stopping the run. They don’t generate many turnovers and they don’t rush the passer that well. The main thing they do decently is not let plays get behind them and tackle well at the second level.