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Aftermath · 01-22-2013, 11:56 AM

(01-22-2013 10:58 AM)ATLBound Wrote: I dont think anybody is giving either side a free pass but you seem to be blaming the offense way more than the defense. 24 points should be enough to win a football game period. Would it make you feel better about the offense scored like below?

1st quarter - 7 points
2nd quarter - 7 points
3rd quarter - 7 points
4th quarter - 3 points

Does it make it more or less a success if it happens all in one half? What about if it is reversed?

1st half - O points offense, 14 points defense

Down 0 - 14 at half

2nd half - Score 17 straight points to take the lead 17-14

Defense gives up a touchdown (just like it happened Sunday) Score 21 - 17 49ers

Offense scores another touchdown 24 - 21 Falcons

Defense gives up yet another touchdown and 49ers eventually win 28 - 24 after failing to convert a 4th down at the 10 yd line.

Now instead of our offense failing, its our offense made a massive comeback, responded well to adversity, made great halftime adjustments, but ultimately could not overcome the defense responding negatively to the Falcons taking two lead changes in the second half.

This isn't 1980, 24 points isn't always going to be enough to win a game and I pray to god that isn't the mentality that this team has. 24 points especially wont be enough when you have a sub par defense going up against a good/great offense. This team was built to be an offensive team, the offense is designed to put up gobs of points. We knew the O was going to have to carry the D coming in to the season, we are not a defensive team.

It doesn't really matter what order you put it in, either way the offense did nothing for an entire half and like I said this isn't the first time that has happened. 17 points in the second half of our last 4 playoff games. That isn't an anomaly, its a trend. I'm not absolving the defense of any blame, they played like complete shit in the playoffs. But the Offense is designed to carry this team, it didn't.