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Originally Posted by ChaosTheory
As far as TOP with the offense goes ...... we only had two drives the entire game that were more than 4 plays.
Only one real sustained drive. 11 plays, 5:50 that ended in an interception ...... beyond that, our first drive was 3:20 and everything else was 1:30-2:30.
Four of those really short drives were TDs. So it's not like it's always a negative, but certainly has an effect.
I said in the other thread, this was like the Dolphins game in '09.
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Speaking of the Dolphins, the Killer B's defenses of the early 1980's led them to 2 Super Bowl appearances in 3 years, in 1982 in 1984. The late David Woodley was the quarterback for the 1982 team that lost to the Redskins, and Dan Marino was the quarterback for the 1984 team that lost to the 49ers.
Those "Killer B" defenses eventually wound up being affected both positively and negatively by some who would argue was the greatest quarterback of all-time, Dan Marino. Marino and the Marx Brothers (Duper and Clayton) would often put up points in a hurry, the antithesis of Darrel Royal's long-sustained drives when he coached for the University of Texas. That was great for the defense, because they knew that they were never out of the game with the magician (Dan Marino) and his cohorts on the other side of the ball ...... but it would also drain them, because those great offenses scoring as quickly as they did meant that that the defense would often find themselves on the field a lot, whether they started the early portion of a game playing well or not.
The quintessential example of the double-edged sword that Marino and company laid out for their team's defenses was a 1986 game against the Jets. The Jets won that game in overtime by a score of 51-45, on a 43-yard bomb from Ken O'Brien to Wesley Walker. Years later, Dan Marino quipped
l "Man, I threw 6 touchdown passes in that game, and we still lost."
Week 3 ...... The Marino vs. O’Brien Duel
(Pro Football History)
https://www.nfl.com/100/originals/10...d%20touchdowns.
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