9'ers or Eagles?

Eagles right now 

Jimmy G sure makes that 9er team way more scary than having Lance back there.  I think that San Fran defense can handle just about anyone too, so I give them the edge right now.

@"HappyViking" said: Jimmy G sure makes that 9er team way more scary than having Lance back there.  I think that San Fran defense can handle just about anyone too, so I give them the edge right now.

Jimmy G looked like crap last week. Not too unexpected for a guy that had no preseason. He sure looked sharp last night. That defense is scary good. Much different than the Vikings defense.

Imagine having a team with a defense that hasn't allowed a first 1/2 td yet this season...

Vikings D has a long ways to go to reach that level of play - unbelievable talent. 

@"jargomcfargo" said:

@"HappyViking" said: Jimmy G sure makes that 9er team way more scary than having Lance back there.  I think that San Fran defense can handle just about anyone too, so I give them the edge right now.

Jimmy G looked like crap last week. Not too unexpected for a guy that had no preseason. He sure looked sharp last night. That defense is scary good. Much different than the Vikings defense.

@"purplefaithful" said: Imagine having a team with a defense that hasn't allowed a first 1/2 td yet this season...

Vikings D has a long ways to go to reach that level of play - unbelievable talent. 

Vikings were that defense 2015-2017.

@"Chuckf" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: Imagine having a team with a defense that hasn't allowed a first 1/2 td yet this season...

Vikings D has a long ways to go to reach that level of play - unbelievable talent. 

Vikings were that defense 2015-2017.

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"Chuckf" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: Imagine having a team with a defense that hasn't allowed a first 1/2 td yet this season...

Vikings D has a long ways to go to reach that level of play - unbelievable talent. 

Vikings were that defense 2015-2017.

I was at the playoff game vs Seattle @ TCF - damn

I rank 17 up there (down there?) with 98 and 09 - and probably 1 or 2 Burnsie teams too. 

Wish a lot of you could have seen the defenses of the the late '60's to mid '70's, they were amazing.

@"1VikesFan" said: Wish a lot of you could have seen the defenses of the the late '60's to mid '70's, they were amazing.

Just going from memory (at my age that is risky) I believe they had one year where they gave up fewer than 10 points per game. 

@"1VikesFan" said: Wish a lot of you could have seen the defenses of the the late '60's to mid '70's, they were amazing.

I did see them in person though I was pretty young at the time.   Game was very different in those days.  Rule changes in 78 started to open up the passing game more.   The game now is pass happy in part because CTE has caused them to legislate a lot of violence which benefited defense out of the game.   

@"dadevike" said:

@"1VikesFan" said: Wish a lot of you could have seen the defenses of the the late '60's to mid '70's, they were amazing.

Just going from memory (at my age that is risky) I believe they had one year where they gave up fewer than 10 points per game. 

Eagles. A little surprised the 49ers are in this conversation. Great defense. Maybe the best in the NFL. But Jimmy G is still their QB, and while he played well last week, he's horribly inconsistent. He will lose a lot of games for them. In fact, just the week before he was awful in an ugly loss against the Broncos. 

@"MaroonBells" said: Eagles. A little surprised the 49ers are in this conversation. Great defense. Maybe the best in the NFL. But Jimmy G is still their QB, and while he played well last week, he's horribly inconsistent. He will lose a lot of games for them. In fact, just the week before he was horrible in an ugly loss against the Broncos. 

Agreed about the 49ers. Eagles are the obvious cream of the NFC right now. 

@"MaroonBells" said: Eagles. A little surprised the 49ers are in this conversation. Great defense. Maybe the best in the NFL. But Jimmy G is still their QB, and while he played well last week, he's horribly inconsistent. He will lose a lot of games for them. In fact, just the week before he was awful in an ugly loss against the Broncos. 

Offense sells tickets, but defense wins Championships... ever heard of that? B)

@"HappyViking" said:

@"MaroonBells" said: Eagles. A little surprised the 49ers are in this conversation. Great defense. Maybe the best in the NFL. But Jimmy G is still their QB, and while he played well last week, he's horribly inconsistent. He will lose a lot of games for them. In fact, just the week before he was awful in an ugly loss against the Broncos. 

Offense sells tickets, but defense wins Championships... ever heard of that? B)

@"HappyViking" said:

@"MaroonBells" said: Eagles. A little surprised the 49ers are in this conversation. Great defense. Maybe the best in the NFL. But Jimmy G is still their QB, and while he played well last week, he's horribly inconsistent. He will lose a lot of games for them. In fact, just the week before he was awful in an ugly loss against the Broncos. 

Offense sells tickets, but defense wins Championships... ever heard of that? B)

Jimmy G isn't a total crap QB, and has played in NFC title games and a SB before.  The way the 9ers handled the SB champs last week made me a believer.  I agree the Eagles are right there at the top too, but I'd give the 9ers the edge only because the way they play D.