When your defensive stats include five sacks, two forced fumbles, holding a top running back to 26 yards and having a first half that holds the opponent to “punt, punt, punt, punt, fumble, fumble, punt” on its seven first-half drives, a win is generally in your future.
Especially if your offense boasts 124 yards rushing against a solid run D and your No. 1 receiver catches five passes for 113 yards.
The problem is when your opponent goes “touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown” on all its second-half drives and the best you can do in two quarters is one more field goal.