j_y19
ESPN Cast Off
As dean has alluded, we have had this same argument. I used the term game saving plays when the defense sealed the victory at the end. But they, by themselves, were by no means game winning plays.Again, you just don't get it. A play lasts for 8 seconds and a game is 60 minutes. There is no such thing as a game winning play and they do not trump everything else.
You say games are won and lost on single plays at the end of the game. Tell that to the Broncos and Doug Williams.
So, when the Dallas Cowboys scored 48 points against Denver in 2013, it was the Denver defense that won the game because they intercepted Tony Romo with 2:04 left in the game? Dallas' offense had 522 yards of offense and Denver had 517 yards of offense. Romo threw 5 TDs and over 500 yards of passing but that Denver defense won the game? There was one punt in the entire game but it was a defensive contest apparently. Sit down and use your brain. Games are not won and lost on a single play.
I will say this...the defense sealed a couple of games for us. They won one game for us last season, Baltimore. Those big plays you are talking about though are far less impressive than a good game of defense. As a matter of fact, big plays are usually luck.