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Message: [QUOTE="Husky25, post: 2025971, member: 2839"] As dumb as I think it is, NFL Defensive ranking is based on yardage. The Patriots did not score less than 30 vs. a team statistically worse than Atlanta. I suppose you have a point on a technicality, as achieving the level of 30 points is arbitrarily included with the under. On the other hand, the Patriots ended the San Fran game with 7 straight runs and a kneel down on 3rd & Goal with 0:34 left from the San Fran 2 yard line. So let's dispense with the splitting of hairs, call it even, and move on. The Jets game, that the Patriots won 22-17, doesn't apply to your statement because they had a statistically better defense than Atlanta (Incidentally, not hard to do, whether tracking by PPG (26) or yardage (25). [/QUOTE]