The Sailfish are on the right track, having won 5 of our last 6 games including victories over postseason hopefuls Arizona, Baltimore (on the road), and New York. The big key to our current success is consistent defensive play: during our 2-5 start we frequently gave up 2 or 3 consecutive scores, putting our offense in a big hole and making it hard to establish our own gameplan. It didn't matter that we played well for 3 quarters, there was always a section of time where we dropped our guard and let the game get away from us. This hasn't happened as much recently: in the last 6 games we're giving up an average of 21.7 points and rarely multiple scores in a row, though we did have an epic collapse against Yellowknife where a commanding 27-6 lead turned into a narrow 27-22 victory. But overall our defense has been playing more complete games which has set our team up for success and (hopefully) a postseason push.
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