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#17 |
Politically Incorrect
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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I really don't want to see scores each week of 47-42, 51-38, 39-35 or the like.
The old days of boring defensive games of 9-6, 14-3, 12-9 are mostly gone due to the better protection and safety of players. I'm fine with the current level.of scoring and as a previous poster commented, defenses have made adjustments and figured certain things out. |
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#19 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2008
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I saw that average passing yards was something like 185 yards? Yeesh.
I think a lot of it has to do with preparation too. I don't know why teams have decided to just not play their QB in the preseason. And lots and lots and lots of offense holdouts. An offense will take way longer to get into rhythm than a defense. |
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#20 |
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Texas
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It’s the same strategy Belichick’s Giants defense used against the Jim Kelly Buffalo offense. The Giants were totally cool with letting HOFer Thurman Thomas run all over them, but they focused on slowing down Kelly’s receivers. And it worked. Buffalo’s offense averaged 47 points per game in 2 other Playoff games, but they scored only 19 points in the Giants Super Bowl.
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#21 |
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#22 |
SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS
Join Date: Aug 2013
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The whole making teams do long drives is a huge part bc yeah, it's damn near impossible to sustain 10-plus play drives without a drive killing penalty or turnover.
Makes the elite QBs even more valuable than ever cause they constantly gotta bail you out. |
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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#24 |
Valiant 'The Thread Killer'
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Kansas City
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Young QBs and coaching carousel.
Then you have bets getting injured. |
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#25 |
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Join Date: Aug 2017
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Also, QBs either don't receive enough time or they have lousy coaches.
Colleges also don't produce pro style QBs. Last edited by MarkDavis'Haircut; Today at 01:33 PM.. |
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#26 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2008
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I still don't understand the rationale behind benching your starters in the preseason. It's almost as if a bunch of coaches got together and tried to pull a Todd Haley by outsmarting the league with this stuff. Like, how did they all come to the same conclusion this preseason
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#27 |
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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#29 |
Life is changing..
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: NW Missouri
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Because we are the Chiefs
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#30 |
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Join Date: Dec 2018
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Something that no one talks about is that, as players have gotten bigger and faster, the field has stayed the same size.
This leads to less space for the offense to operate in by default. |
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