Last week, I asked our Phinsider faithful the following:<\/p>\n
In the NFL, where the rules and the game in general are now geared toward a higher rate of offensive production and, in turn, higher scoring, why are NFL Championships still won on the backs of dominant defenses?<\/p>\n
Below are some of your thoughts and answers-<\/p>\n
UpInPensacola points out an issue our Dolphins have had over the last few seasons, which may have cost the team games or, at times, made winning much more difficult.<\/p>\n
Reducing pre-snap penalties will help.<\/p>\n
On both sides.<\/p>\n
My least favorites are \u201cLining up in the neutral zone\u201d and \u201cIllegal formation\u201d.<\/p>\n
finfanfromsiam said some stuff\u2026<\/p>\n
Simple- ball goes to offensive player and defensive player smash!!!<\/p>\n
madcitydave believes that it\u2019s all about where you get that hair trimmed.<\/p>\n
Like minded coaches and GM that utilize the same barber.<\/p>\n
finfanfromsiam chimes in again, suggesting that Goodell should just give it up already.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t care how much Goofell tries to push this offense rhetoric, defense will always be what wins SBs. Until they wear this\u2026\u2026which isn\u2019t far off btw\u2026.<\/p>\n
MiamiItaliano says it all comes down to the great defenses throwing the quarterback off schedule. Truth! A strong pass rush and a solid secondary go a long, long way in the NFL!<\/p>\n
Defense wins championships because great defenses throw any QB off their rhythm. If QBs can\u2019t 3 step drop, find their primary target, run for their lives avoiding a sack, etc., then they panic. Today\u2019s NFL offense goes through the QB and when the QB can\u2019t perform, it\u2019s usually game over for that team.<\/p>\n
PhinsTifosi points out that if Ross wants a full stadium, then show that you can compete for the big prize.<\/p>\n
Bear Bryant \u2013 O sells tickets. D wins championships.<\/p>\n
PhinsTifosi \u2013 Championships sell tickets.<\/p>\n
JUK seconds my thoughts on pass rush and secondary!<\/p>\n
It\u2019s pretty simple. Playoff football has tougher conditions and better opponents. The rule changes have made it easier for good offenses to put up points on bad teams, but if you can generate pressure and avoid coverage busts that always plays<\/p>\n
Urthling believes that the team concept of some solid defenses can disrupt a given offensive scheme.<\/p>\n
I have a theory:<\/p>\n
I think a dominant offense usually revolves around a particular scheme. I think a dominant defense tends to be driven by gritty players playing as a team.<\/p>\n
An offensive scheme can be disrupted by a dominant defense (pressure, physicality, taking away top option), but a defensive \u201cteam\u201d mindset on a team of tough players is harder to disrupt.<\/p>\n
This gives defense the advantage and makes it \u201cmore consistently\u201d able to defeat dominant offenses.<\/p>\n
sdphinsfan says limit the scoring!<\/p>\n
When you get to the playoffs, you generally have the best playing the best. In that scenario, teams that are the healthiest and most complete on both sides of the ball rise to the top. But the real differentiator is a team\u2019s ability to limit another team from scoring. If you\u2019re opponent can\u2019t score, and you can be efficient and not turn it over, chances are you\u2019re gonna win\u2026<\/p>\n
JKBMia says the key is pressuring the QB with four defenders.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s our selection of answers for this evening. Thank you, as always, for taking the time to visit our question of the night post and contributing to the post. Please join us for our Victory Of The Week Post tomorrow night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last week, I asked our Phinsider faithful the following: In the NFL, where the rules and the game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[2908,217,7,5629,216,251,2087,249,6,32856,261,29372],"class_list":{"0":"post-763672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-defense","9":"tag-dolphins","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-getty-images","12":"tag-miami","13":"tag-miami-dolphins","14":"tag-miamidolphins","15":"tag-new-england-patriots","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-nfl-championships","18":"tag-seattle-seahawks","19":"tag-vince-lombardi-trophy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116100751901288389","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}