SteveLuke posted:In SB XLV the #1 ranked (in points) Steelers D gave up just 24 points (Collins had a pick 6). The Pack's #2 ranked D, got 3 key turnovers in that game.
Last year, NE's #1 ranked defense held the Falcons offense to 21 points (a pick 6 by Brady accounted for the other 7 points). This was the very same offense that put up 44 points against Green Bay and 36 points against Seattle in the NFC playoffs.
Defense matters if you want to win a Super Bowl no matter how much some Packer fans wish it were not so.
Pittsburgh gives up 24 to a great offense, NE gives up 21 to a great offense, GB just gave up 27 to that same great offense and defense is an issue in 2017? 7 of that 27 was from a short field. No one here thinks defense doesn't matter, I don't think our defense has yet shown it is bad enough to cost us a championship in 2017.