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The point is that elite defenses has always been the ticket for championships. As the game becomes more wide open and scoring trends increase, it's difficult to rely solely on the old metrics.

I'd say the same for Craig Erickson. I'd take him over Ty Detmer, Shawn Moore or David Klingler.

That's always been the case. So, I don't know if you can call it a trend. The trend now seems to be how do you assess it. Points/game, or total yard/game used to be reliable metrics. Now with the changes in offense, it's how often you get off the field without giving up points (or something...