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I certainly am no fan of the Packer D, 2010 excepted, of course. And, certainly, just using numbers doesn't account for how the game might have been played differently. However, that's something we'll never know, and if I've got this right, the playoff losses in question were:
2009 - 45/51 - obviously a win with any kind of D
2011 - 20/37 - still a loss if they give up 23
2012 - 31/45 - another with with a decent D
2013 - 20/23 - a loss despite hitting the Pats number on the head
2014 - 22/28 - holding them to 23 is still a loss (although being an OT game makes it confusing)
2015 - 20/26 - holding them to 23 is still a loss (although being an OT game makes it confusing)
2016 - 21/44 - still a loss if they give up 23
Thus, that's seven playoff losses, only two of which would have otherwise been wins
While true that some of those games would be losses even if they gave up only 23 points, you really can't come to that conclusion because a better D puts the ball in your offenses hands for more time. A team scoring 40+ points typically has the ball longer than a team scoring 23.