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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rmontro" data-source="post: 728454" data-attributes="member: 12340">I admit I find that surprising.  It seems common sense that a better offense would mean the defense doesn't have to spend as much time on the field.  We've all seen defenses get worn out at the end of games.  Your stats would seem to indicate others, but I still wonder if the difference might show up elsewhere.  Like maybe if you took the sample over the past 20 years, or if you looked at the top half of the league vs. the bottom half of the league.  Or perhaps the answer is that teams with elite offenses build up good leads and spend a lot of time in prevent, thus giving up a lot of yards, and points.I agree, but I would go further as to say Atlanta simply had a better team than we did last year, playing at home, that got off to a quick start, and got momentum on their side.  GB also had a few miscues on offense on special teams early on that gave Atlanta more opportunities, and failed to keep the game close.I've read a lot of posters saying that MM's problem is that he not only gets too conservative, he gets too predictable.</blockquote>

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