Defense! Defense! Defense!

Bears fans are fond of saying that offenses win games, defenses win championships. Rightfully so, the last time they won a championship (cough cough 1985 cough cough), it was on the back of a great defense. Conversely, teams such as the Patriots and the Packers subscribe the exact opposite of this school of thought, with neither really having a fully functional defense in each of their last trips to the Super Bowl, relying instead on the arm of the quarterback.

It's hard to decide who is right. No matter how good your defense is, at some point your QB is going to have to throw it to someone in the end zone, or hand it to a running back powerful enough to cross the plane or the pile-on. Otherwise, it's going to be an awfully boring game. Which is what we had for the entirety of week 2. Defenses may be powerful, but they really are a snooze fest, aren't they? Unless you've got a linebacker pile driving a quarterback into the turf, it just isn't that exciting to watch extremely large men push against more extremely large men on the line. Similarly, cornerbacks just aren't that thrilling unless they're leaping over the wide receiver to grab a pick.

So, let's talk about defensive players that are exciting to watch. Washington has a great cornerback in DeAngelo Hall. I said it once, I'll say it again. They forgot to tell him that he's not a wide receiver -- he's on the ball better than the wide receivers he's defending. I think he secretly does a Jedi Mind Trick on opposing quarterbacks in every game. Another awesome defensive player? Troy Polamalu. Yes, the guy on the Head and Shoulders commercial. The past couple years he was injured, and I was worried that he lost his edge. But in last week's game against the Bengals, he seemed to have the old pep in his step that we're used to seeing.

All that said, a game that's full of defense and no offense usually has a score like 6-3, 7-3, 9-0. ZZZZZZZZZZZZ. You'll know you're watching a game that's all defense when you find yourself starting to make a grocery list in your head; talking about topics not at all related to football, or playing Candy Crush Saga on your phone. Hey, it happens to the best of us. And frankly, it happened for the entire day this past Sunday. I took more naps on Sunday than a cat in a sunny living room.

Here's hoping that we'll see some high flying action this week! Stay tuned for Week 3 predictions.