basically shot down their offense and start running the clock for the last quarter and a half. Now the defense has struggled with injury, and probably had given up a little due to the offense, but in their own they were not very good.

Yes, offense was worse, but saying the defense was good enough is just wrong. With an average offense we win 6 or 7 games this year, at best. Is that "good enough" or is it ok for the defense to be average or slightly below average but not the offense?