[MUD-Dev] Better Combat

[Michael Hartman]

Paul Schwanz wrote:

> There's a saying: Offense wins games, while defense wins
> championships.

> The Kansas City Chiefs and the Indianapolis Colts were considered
> offensive powerhouses going into last year's NFL playoffs.
> Neither had much success against the New England Patriot's
> defensive-minded system.  That's not always the case, but it
> certainly seems to happen enough to make it very difficult to
> argue that emphasis on defense in the NFL never leads to success.

But defense in football is a much different animal.

There are basically two forms of offense in football: gaining yards
and scoring points.

First, a great defense can score points. Tamba Bay's super bowl
winning defense did just that. Defenses score points through
safeties or by returning fumbles and interceptions for touchdown.

Second, a great defense generates yards through field position. If
you hold the opposing team to 3 and outs (especially if they lose
yards) you are probably going to progressively gain yards through
positive field position.

Thus, an NFL defense is actually capable of achieving both forms of
offense.

--
Michael Hartman
President and CEO, Threshold Virtual Environments, Inc.
http://www.thresholdrpg.com
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