It has a huge impact imo . Last year when we went 412 , every fucking game we played was very close going into the third , even usually the 4 th . And when I say close , I mean the momentum wasn ' t on any one side and it was a 1 score game . But every single game our defense just got gassed from the continuous 3 outs our offense kept having . And everything would go to shit . Our defense being good this year would not be a shock if you had watched our defense from last year . Anyway , what I ' m trying to say is Cards defense is top 3 in this league , and that really helps tiring the opposing defenses out because of all the 3 outs they get on offense . Maybe in the first half it doesn ' t matter , but in the second half it kills you . Having a good defense is fucking immense . Just so you know , idrc if OPOY is DJ or Zeke because both deserve it and it wouldn ' t really be a snub if one gets it over the other .