Great Offense vs Great Defense - Which do you prefer watching?

[Tailback]

As a former, incredibly non-talented 2nd string running back playing one level above 8 man football, I can honestly say....I LOVE watching a REALLY good O-line destroy a defensive front 7. For some reason, the names Slater, Harrah, and Pankey come to mind.

 

[Thordaddy]

One of my all time favorite games was the Rams vs the Buccaneers! Defensive battle with the good guys winning. Admire great defense more.

Great game,but no more exciting than the Minnesota game

 

[rdlkgliders]

 

[OldRock]

Obviously you need both but there's a reason they say, "offense sells tickets but defense wins the hardware." Ask Peyton Manning.

I would have liked this, but it brought back memories of our defenders from the dark time before Fish arrived. (excluding a few of course) I won't name (Dahl) names of course.

 

[69superbowl]

D. Not even close. Punish them.

 

[SteveBrown]

A great D is always more impressive for me to watch. IF you care, here is why:

Watching the defenses of the Rams (75-78), Bears (85-87), Steelers (pick a year) or the Seahawks (2013) is more impressive than watching the offenses that are great Rams (99-2001), Broncos (2013), Washington (83), because:

Many times, it seems like some offenses 'trick' the defense, or the defense has fear of their speed...but a great D never tricks, it dominates. When teams stopped fearing the Rams speed, they played them better (Tampa & Giants 2001.

I think the Rams offense (99-2001) had a few games where the defenses just smashed them, and the
Rams didn't look so good. A great D never allows that happen (IN GENERAL)