Rams Defense played great. Against teams below .500.
Average score 2018
Teams with less than 8 wins 15.9 ppg
Teams with 8 or more wins. 28.9 ppg.
Is that really an indictment though? I mean, i would expect that from any defense. It's more difficult to hold the score down when playing vs the better teams(offenses).
I would also add, that the Rams' defensive performance vs NE in the Super Bowl has to rate somewhere near the top of Super Bowl lore....right below the defense performance that NE put on us of course. I realize that no one cares because, scoreboard....but it's a fact. Brady to Edelman was all they had and they clawed their way to 13 points.
I may have missed the point here because i wasn't involved in the conversation, but i've never bought into this idea that a team that performs better vs bad competition and not as good vs better competition means anything. That's how it goes.
I have less respect for teams who play "up" or "down" to their competition. That tells me that they're lacking in focus and motivation and has little to do with the actual talent on the field.