NFL likely banning hip-drop tackle

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Rausch

That's not going to happen when you prioritize running fast over reading a defense fast...

Well, that's kind of my point. The game itself is descending into mediocrity, because the league offices value flash and speed and scoring over quality play. Which is how we get QBs like Lamar/Tua/Hurts/whoever getting $200+ million, when in 1980 (or the '90s), they probably wouldn't last more than a couple seasons, because no team would see them as a true elite QBs that could get them to the SB.

[SAGA45]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Well, that's kind of my point. The game itself is descending into mediocrity, because the league offices value flash and speed and scoring over quality play. Which is how we get QBs like Lamar/Tua/Hurts/whoever getting $200+ million, when in 1980 (or the '90s), they probably wouldn't last more than a couple seasons, because no team would see them as a true elite QBs that could get them to the SB.

That and the very strong likelihood that they'd be dead, especially Tua.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by SAGA45

That and the very strong likelihood that they'd be dead, especially Tua.

Well, yeah. Especially Tua. Dude is just fragile. Add in the fact that he isn't mobile, can't seem to execute a timing pass with any consistency, is below average throwing outside the numbers . . . he wouldn't have even been good enough to keep as a backup at the time. Probably never gets drafted.