Football comes with a lot of clichés and overused phrases but the one we hear so often is “Defense wins championships!” Now, that phrase has often been proved correct as recent as the 2015 Denver Broncos but there is always an exception to every rule. The 2011 New York Giants won a championship with the ninth-ranked offense and 25th-ranked defense.
More often than not these playoff games are won by teams with defenses that can get that one key stop in the red zone or one crucial takeaway that changes the game.