I heard a story once about a guy whose neighbor wanted to borrow the guy's lawnmower, The guy told the neighbor no, it's not a full moon tonight. The neighbor asked, what does that have to do with anything?
The guy said, nothing but I'm not lending you my lawnmower no matter what, so any excuse will do.
Defending Garrett is like that, apparently.
The offense is faltering because the defense is on the field so long, the offense gets cold.
What does that to do with anything?
Nothing, but I'm going to defend Garrett no matter what, so any excuse will do.