Yes, the defense most certainly helped make the offense look better. However there were some good things in the second half, that it would not have mattered.
You have to look beyond just the defense we are going against. It is the little things that our team generally does not do well, where you start seeing the improvement. There are a lot of nuances in an offense that are taken for granted. Heck just getting the guys our of the huddle and up to the line, seems basic, but how many times do you see even the top offenses get a delay of game. Then you have things like blocking, route running, timing, throwing on time, etc.
These are all things where we are a mess most of the time. Yesterday we started off being a mess, but found a way to start cleaning up some of those areas. We most certainly are not a great offense and probably wont be this year. There were some bright spots yesterday. Whether that translates to "finding something" or not, I can't say.
What I can say is that the offense needs to find themselves, first. The rest will come after that.
