Originally Posted by Bird
Re: best defense.

The Browns defense was middle of the pack based upon points given up. The Ravens gave up the fewest.

Yards per game is not as important as points given up and points given up in critical situations.

The Browns D had this really weird thing go on this year.

I don’t think any offense in the history of the league hung their defense out to dry more than the Browns. It seemed every single one of the league leading turnovers happened deep in our own territory. And the defense, which was good, would always concede a td. Like they could never just hold them to a fg. But if a team had to go the length of the field on our d, they couldn’t move the ball at all. It was so weird. But those turnovers really skewed the points given up.