I've been saying it for weeks now: we haven't played 4 QUARTERS of football on DEFENSE. We've come close on offense, and we've played 4 quarters on ST. This is why we haven't been blowing teams out in our wins (which we did last year).
In our slaughters of the saints, bears, colts, texans, and jags we played (for the most part) 4 quarters of football in all 3 phases. This is why our average margin of victory in those 5 games was 20.2 points! Yes we scored plenty on offense in those games, BUT we also got timely 3 and outs, sacks, and turnovers. If our D shows up big, more often than not the past few years, we WIN.
If we had a big defensive performance, or even adequate, vs Dallas, Philly, or SF; we WIN EVERY game. Its about time the D showed up in the 2nd half. They played a great 1st half vs Dallas, SF, & Seattle and then wet the bed.
We're due for a big game from the D folks! I just hope its Sunday!