In Football, What would you rather Have ? A Better Offense ? or Defense ?

Betallsports · Oct 2, 2009

:grandmais

CujoLatte · Oct 2, 2009

There is a reason they say ..... " Defense wins championships! "

FearTheRaven · Oct 2, 2009

better defense wins you games, better offense is more fun to watch.

SwiftyJ · Oct 2, 2009

offense will sell more team jerseys and put more fans in the seats.

HacheMan · Oct 2, 2009

The only offensive-minded team I can remember winning the Super Bowl in a long time is the Rams.....

FairWarning · Oct 2, 2009

Great D's can score. The year the Ravens won the SB, they went a month without scoring a TD.

Redagger029 · Oct 2, 2009

Back in the 70's I think it was, San Diego had a killer offense. Unfortunaltely they would always end up losing something like 42-38.

Vulture50 · Oct 2, 2009

Defense and its not close

JudgeWapner · Oct 2, 2009

D. If I was GM of a shit team that needs to rebuild, I'd always start with the D.

ScottL · Oct 2, 2009

A higher number of points than my opponent at the end of the game. What is it with these 'Children's Polls?'

Nick.Papagiorgio · Oct 2, 2009

defense

Redagger029 · Oct 2, 2009

In baseball, good pitching will beat good hitting.

TomGshotput · Oct 2, 2009

CujoLatte said:
There is a reason they say ..... " Defense wins championships! "

And that reason is because people are stupid. In pro team sports, scoring and preventing the other guys from scoring are virtually equal. Football is unique in that a good defense can improve scoring and a good offense can prevent the other guys from scoring (or a bad offense can make it harder to stop the other team). But I think the quarterback play is the one thing that most seperates the effectiveness

Interceptions are caused more by a stupid decision by the QB or a lucky tip, rather than a great play by the defensive back. The one thing that can change fumble rates the most is a QBs ability to read the pass rush

If I were a GM or owner, I would always much rather get better in the area the team is deficient in.

HAT · Oct 4, 2009

It depends....

I'd take a #1 D and a #32 O over a #1 O and a #32 D

But:

I'd take a #1 O and a #15 D over a #1 D and a #15 O

RobFunk · Oct 4, 2009

I know the correct answer is defense.

But I am all about that offense. 1999 Rams style, name the score!

Iona · Oct 4, 2009

Defence. A great defence, a la the Giants of the 80's, is a great offence (points scored off turnovers and stops).

TomGshotput · Oct 4, 2009

HAT said:
It depends....

I'd take a #1 D and a #32 O over a #1 O and a #32 D

But:

I'd take a #1 O and a #15 D over a #1 D and a #15 O

Are you using #1 to refer to points, total yards or efficiency. All are very different. Being number one in total yards (the way some peope rank them) often does not mean number one in helping you win games

HAT · Oct 4, 2009

Points Tom......

Yards can be completely meaningless. My Broncos were #2 in yards LY but #16 in ppg.

TomGshotput · Oct 5, 2009

16th in points scored, 30th in points allowed and still 8-8. The worst offense to be 8-8 was Washington, and they needed the 6th best defense. That is pretty good evidence that improving your offense is better than most people here think it is. . .

(and of course points scored and allowed still isn't a perfect measure of how much each side of the ball did to help the team win. . . )

HAT · Oct 5, 2009

TomGshotput said:
That is pretty good evidence that improving your offense is better than most people here think it is. . .

Like you said somewhere else..Football is unique in that one helps the other....

Put me down in the camp that somewhat agrees that while a good defense can win "A" championship.....a good offense can build a dynasty.