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Originally Posted by Ruhskins
Any improvements on the defense can be easily undone by a terrible offense. I think holding the Vikes to 7 points for 3 quarters was a good job. But the offense was only able to come up with 17 points and your defense can only hold for so long.
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Holding the Vikings to 7 points for 3 quarters, and 20 points overall, and not winning that game was a gut punch.
GB, MIN, and IND all give up about 20-21 points per game on average. We averaged 20 points per game against those teams over the three weeks Heinicke has started. That tells you that the output of this offense with Heinicke - is average at best. Going to have to get that number up to 24-25 down the stretch to have a shot at a wild card spot.
5 of the last 8 games will be against teams that rank in the top 10 with regard to points allowed per game.