Today's NFL - is it just me ?
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I watched some bits and pieces of a few Pre-Season games last night and one primary thought came to me :
Damn, there are going to be a LOT of Defensive penalty flags being thrown this year.
This new rule change is really neutering the DB's, they're sissifying the game and turning it into a modified version a Volley Ball.
Yeah, I understand they're doing this to open up the Passing game - what are they looking for, Basketball game type scores?
Some of the best games I've watched are good Defensive battles, now they essentially don't allow you to even touch the Receivers - really going to change things.
How about the Extra Point being kicked from the 15 now (yeah, this is a test just for Pre-Season)?
What about going for Two Points, have they done away this, since from the 15 it's going to be pretty darn rare?
Maybe I'm just getting too old, but a lot of these changes don't just seem right.
Damn, there are going to be a LOT of Defensive penalty flags being thrown this year.
How about the Extra Point being kicked from the 15 now (yeah, this is a test just for Pre-Season)?
What about going for Two Points, have they done away this, since from the 15 it's going to be pretty darn rare?
Maybe I'm just getting too old, but a lot of these changes don't just seem right.
I, too, am a "tradionalist"... at least when it comes to my game... My hope is that they are overemphasizing early and will allow more play come the regular season.
As for the 2 point... I was thinking that if a team elected to go for 2, then the ball would be placed at the 2.
As far as the PAT is concerned i have a simple solution. Widen the hashmarks. That would make fgs and pats more of a challenge imho and increase more action on the field.
I also have been in a favor of a return to the original NFL hash marks width, but as the rule now stands that change would not impact PATs as the ball was always placed in the middle.
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Damn, there are going to be a LOT of Defensive penalty flags being thrown this year.
How about the Extra Point being kicked from the 15 now (yeah, this is a test just for Pre-Season)?
What about going for Two Points, have they done away this, since from the 15 it's going to be pretty darn rare?
Maybe I'm just getting too old, but a lot of these changes don't just seem right.
I, too, am a "tradionalist"... at least when it comes to my game... My hope is that they are overemphasizing early and will allow more play come the regular season.
As for the 2 point... I was thinking that if a team elected to go for 2, then the ball would be placed at the 2.
As far as the PAT is concerned i have a simple solution. Widen the hashmarks. That would make fgs and pats more of a challenge imho and increase more action on the field.
I also have been in a favor of a return to the original NFL hash marks width, but as the rule now stands that change would not impact PATs as the ball was always placed in the middle.
I, too, am a "tradionalist"... at least when it comes to my game... My hope is that they are overemphasizing early and will allow more play come the regular season.
As for the 2 point... I was thinking that if a team elected to go for 2, then the ball would be placed at the 2.
Not that it happens a lot, but what if they want to run a fake?
Pretty much wipes that play out for the most part.
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why they have to tinker and try to fix something that isn't broken has always been confusing to me whether it be football or anything else.
i mean mcdonalds had the best french fries and they had to fuckin change them cuz people's hearts were exploding? c'mon man.
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If you watched any of the Denver/Seahawks game, you saw 2 QB's with crap arms be effective. Today's QB has to have more talent between his ears then in his arm. Partly rules and partly the evolution of the game. The running game will evolve eventually, but right now it's a set up tool.
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I, too, am a "tradionalist"... at least when it comes to my game... My hope is that they are overemphasizing early and will allow more play come the regular season.
As for the 2 point... I was thinking that if a team elected to go for 2, then the ball would be placed at the 2.
Not that it happens a lot, but what if they want to run a fake?
Pretty much wipes that play out for the most part.
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Usually when they're trying to enforce some kind of rule change they will over emphasize it during the preseason and throw flags constantly, and then by mid season it's pretty much back to how it used to be. They just want the players to not use their hands on each other down the field on a pass.
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Those penalties will slow the game down to a crawl. Its still going to be onesided during the game though.I know Haden and Skrine use that little jersey pull a lot.
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Those penalties will slow the game down to a crawl. Its still going to be onesided during the game though.I know Haden and Skrine use that little jersey pull a lot.
Those penalties will slow the game down to a crawl. Its still going to be onesided during the game though.I know Haden and Skrine use that little jersey pull a lot.
Yeah, that's something else I was thinking, and may well validate what StocktonShorts saying about them easing up on the call as the Season progresses.
The big problem is that it'll probably get heavily enforced at the worst possible time . . . looking at the N.E. game last year.
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Well, jeez, if we go by the attitude of FIFA and these soccer suckers, then we should be changing the rules to make defense be predominate because, after all, 0-0 ties are just so darn exciting.
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Not the best place to put but there's something I wanted to say about the NFL. Did anyone else see how the redzone is now advertised? The preseason Ravens 49ers game had a gigantic Verizon logo stuck right in the entire redzone.
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cowboys need a new coaching staff.
As per the Pre-Season norm, Weeden looked decent in the game.
Still think we should have kept him as our 3rd/4th string QB, definitely seems like he'd be better than what we've got at the position currently.
'Course there's the new "play like a Brown" mentality - which likely he doesn't have anyway . . .
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and mccoy looked like an all-star for the skins last night..........not kidding.
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why they have to tinker and try to fix something that isn't broken has always been confusing to me whether it be football or anything else.
i mean mcdonalds had the best french fries and they had to fuckin change them cuz people's hearts were exploding? c'mon man.
My thoughts exactly. The changes they continue to make are for the worsewhy they have to tinker and try to fix something that isn't broken has always been confusing to me whether it be football or anything else.
i mean mcdonalds had the best french fries and they had to fuckin change them cuz people's hearts were exploding? c'mon man.
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Why do mediocre QBs (especially ours) look so much better in preseason I wonder. Are the opposing defenses just not playing hard?Yeah, he had like a 150 QBR.
I liked McCoy though, never thought he had the talent around him to fairly evaluate him though.
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Why do mediocre QBs (especially ours) look so much better in preseason I wonder. Are the opposing defenses just not playing hard?
Yeah, they're playing against generic Defenses.
Teams don't want to show too much of what they're going to do during the regular Season, so they pretty much play a generic Defense - primarily to have a base line for evaluating players for cuts.
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why they have to tinker and try to fix something that isn't broken has always been confusing to me whether it be football or anything else.
i mean mcdonalds had the best french fries and they had to fuckin change them cuz people's hearts were exploding? c'mon man.
why they have to tinker and try to fix something that isn't broken has always been confusing to me whether it be football or anything else.
i mean mcdonalds had the best french fries and they had to fuckin change them cuz people's hearts were exploding? c'mon man.
I can't tell if that's a subtle shot at the NFL for not doing more about concussions or a legit opinion but I laughed regardless.
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