Quote Originally Posted by bobblehead View Post
I agree they are not as bad as advertised. I think they shut out the Bengals week one didn't they? Still, Hundley had very few bright spots. He was so bad the D wore down. Mays didn't help matters. Injuries continue to put guys into are lineup who barely belong in the NFL at this point. If Hundley could have sustained just a few drives to rest the D things could have gone very different....but he did not.
They now have 3 shutouts this year and are the 3rd best scoring defense in the NFL.

There was talk early in the year about how they might be an all-time great defense but that has since fallen off, though they are still very good.