00:00You know, points per game this year, Houston was better than Denver, right?
00:04That's just one metric.
00:05But I think they also did have a tougher schedule as well.
00:08And then if you look at yards per game, Houston was also, they were first, Denver was second.
00:13Now, it was razor thin between the two.
00:16I like Patrick Sertain, but there is something about the two defensive ends that they have for Houston and their linebackers.
00:23I know Denver had more sacks this year, but who's more fearsome?
00:27I think Anderson and Daniil Hunter.
00:29Do they hit harder, too?
00:30The Texans hit hard.
00:31They might.
00:31Although the Patriots kind of are also moving up that list.
00:34Hufunga tried to kill Kincaid.
00:36Hufunga can hit.
00:37He can't cover, but he can hit.
00:38Was Vrabel asked yesterday if Denver's the best defense they've faced?
00:41Yeah.
00:41What did he say?
00:42He said, ooh.
00:43He didn't say straight up, like Houston, right?
00:45It was something like, they're the best one because they're the next one.
00:48Something like that.
00:49Hang on, I'll get to the exact answer.
00:50But it wasn't as emphatic as Houston's the best defense.
00:53No.
00:53I think it's super close.
00:55I think his real answer is Houston's the best defense, and he's trying to be as courteous
00:59to Denver as possible.
01:00I think like 8, 10, 12 games into the season, I would have said it was Denver, and we probably
01:04had conversations when we were doing Tier Tuesdays and things that it was Denver.
01:07I would say that they're probably one notch down.
01:10Like, you've had to face two of the better defenses in the playoffs and the Chargers and
01:13the Texans.
01:13Where does Denver fit into that?
01:15But he says, they'll be the best defense that we've played to date because it's the next
01:19one.
01:20So that, to me, means he doesn't actually think they're the best defense.
01:22No, no.
01:22He added that second part.
01:24So Houston, probably slightly better.
01:25Where would you, just for giggles, where would you put Seattle compared to Houston and
01:29Denver?
01:29I would put them below both of those, too.
01:30Oh, okay.
01:31But I'll tell you, our guy, Taylor Kyles, I did TV on Friday night, Keith.
01:33What?
01:34Bragg.
01:34Get out of town.
01:35What were you doing on Friday night?
01:36TV, yes.
01:37Oh, awesome.
01:37Wow.
01:37How about that?
01:38We were both at NBC Sports Boston on Friday night.
01:40Not bad.
01:41Sick Bragg, bro.
01:42I saw our guy, Taylor Kyles.
01:43He thinks Seattle's the best defense in the league.
01:45I don't think that's a bad take.
01:47I think Seattle's been awesome, and I even give them a ton of credit.
01:51Now, you could look at CJ Stroud and how he's played, and you'd be like, hey, maybe
01:53they were carrying him more than anybody else.
01:55But with Darnold, I admittedly don't see Seattle as much, I don't think, as those other
02:00teams this year.
02:01But yeah, Seattle's defense is scary.
02:02All three of them will be.
02:04And if they do end up making it all the way to the Super Bowl, and if they end up playing
02:08Seattle, I think there are already some stats that'll show that no quarterback has
02:13had to go up against, whatever it is, four of the five best defenses in the league.
02:16I think it's four of the best six.
02:17I've seen that, too.
02:19Yeah, yeah.
02:19Maybe four of the best six.
02:20And I think the Patriots are one of those six.
02:21You can't play against your own self.
02:23So for all the people that clown on the Patriots' schedule, strength of schedule, oh, they played
02:28the Jets.
02:30They might have, against the defense, the toughest run of all time.
02:34Pretty interesting.
