I'm getting pretty sick of the constant updates on the passing records that are being broken - Big whoop. Nobody cares...correction: Nobody should care. This would be like watching the NBA in 1980 and getting constant updates on the 3-point FG records being broken every game. (It really wouldn't be like that at all. w.e. Go yourself).
Jesus, its going to be disgusting when Brady throws for 6k this year and the 'greatest ever' talk is unbearable.
What would be the analogy for this, though? Home run records in the steroid era? Pitching stats from when they had the mound jacked up five feet off the ground in the sixties? Uh...I got nothing else.
Yes, I'm talking to myself. Again, go yourselves.
No, you seem really passionate about this. Keep going.
What I've been trying to figure out is how it got this way.
- are current players too athletic to allow running games to be efficient?
- are quarterbacks becoming more and more skilled?
- are rules promoting a pass happy style?
- are owners pushing their teams in this direction as a business decision?
Im also curious to hear the thoughts of some NFL coaches
Rule changes.
QBs are well protected by the league. They dont allow CBs to bump and overpower WRs. The risk of getting a penalty on a passing play is higher than running the ball.
Also, because of the longer distance the team has to cover to get to the red zone because of the lack of kick returns caused again by the new rules by the NFL.
DBs Covering WRs is more difficult than any offensive skilled position and WRs usually are more taller and heavier so the lack of training camp and offseason conditioning for defensive players have something to do with all these insane passing yard numbers.
id say there is some truth to all of those, in particular the athletic ability being improved, and QBs being more skilled, as well as improved strategy by coaches.
I agree with you on the QB protection, but has there been a recent rule change for DB/WR contact? Revis is always owning receivers out there and never gets in trouble. Also, wouldn't a long drive require more running considering the risk of throwing an interception so far back?
They have been cracking down on them for years, but then they changed the rules to allow even less contact to receivers in 2004 I think after the Pats held the Colts to like 3 points in the AFC Championship Game and the Colts accused New England of mugging their receivers. I think they also accused the Pats of making the field muddy to slow down Indy's high speed offense iirc.
Basically a decision was made then iirc to make it easiers for receivers to run their routes much like in the NBA when they decided to change the hand checking rule to allow players to drive to the backet much easier.
Here's an article on it: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/previe...len&id=1871681
just imagine if he wins another Super Bowl
Um, if Brady throws for 6,000 yards that speaks more about him being a super elite player and not the NFL being a "passing league." Fans don't want to see power football anymore, they pay money to see the Bradys and Mannings of this league throw for 300 yards and a couple touchdowns every week.
I wont complain coz im enjoying every little bit of football right now.
ain't gonna happen brah
He means one thing...but he says the opposite! Ha, I see how that works.
Good post.
Its been a gradual thing but it really has sped up the last few years. It hasn't all been the last five to ten years some rule changes like the grounding out of the pocket one from the nineties and others paved the way. I mean Used to be when a QB scrambled out of the pocket and someone was pursuing him it was exciting since he had to make a decision and throw a pass near someone to try to avoid the rush or get sacked or go out of bounds and lose 10 yards etc. Now QBs can just chuck it to the nine year old girl in the pink Bruschi jersey in row 14 and take a do over. Ridiculous.
I don't see how athletic ability being improved affects anything if you are talking about wideouts, I mean DBs are more athletic now too.
I could see the QBS being way improved if decent to slightly above average QBs like Joe Flacco and Matt Cassell (two guys who some people here would argue are awful) weren't putting up numbers that would have put them in MVP contention 15-20 years ago. Also, Favre who anyone who follows football was a step below guys like Steve Young when he played put up like a 117 QB rating two years ago...when he was 15 years past his prime.
Brady is one of the best QBs of all time. No doubt. But his stats are inflated. I like him, I was more talking about how ESPN/yahoo/whatever is going to be all like "OMG!!!BRADY, 6,000 YARDS!! BEST QB EVER !!!1111!!" levels of annoyingness all season if this keeps up. As I mentioned if Favre is putting up 70% completion seasons and getting 110+ QB ratings guys like Steve Young would have JUCO like 140+ ratings and be throwing for like 5500 yards and 65 TDs tbh.
Bull . The NFL has been the number one sport since like the 1980s and probably even the 1970s(?), granted I agree they are definitely doing this to increase ratings (and fans do claim they like it) but fans will love the NFL regardless. I think like what the NFL says about parity causing their success (which studies have shown in other sports has little to no effect on ratings or ticket sales), its horse . They have a captive audience. The with every kickoff sailing out of bounds opening week had me LOLing...I was like "They're daring people not to watch this game at this point." People don't care they love some NFL and will watch regardless.
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Look dude I actually agree that the NFL is a passing league now. A "game manager" QB doesn't get you to the Super Bowl unless the team has a Top 5 All-Time defense. More teams are throwing because the elite teams have explosive "big play" offenses. But considering that 5,000 yards in one season has only been done once (Marino), if Brady tossed for 6,000 you'd probably be able to convince me that his real name is Jesus Christ.
he won't he doesn't have a defense anymore. this why the patriots haven't won a playoff game in like forever and most of the time are humiliated.
Brady and the O-line playing like has way more to do with their last 3 playoff losses than the defense.
Drew Brees did it a few years ago i saaaiiiidddd
Forgot about that though I don't really keep tabs on the Saints after that that went down in February 2010. So let me change my statement, if Brady throws for 6,000 you'd probably be able to convince me that his real name is Jesus Christ and he's come to take all the good little boys and girls to Heaven with him while the rest of us have to listen to Mono and Friends talk about how Christ himself came back to life to QB the Patriots for a bit before conducting the rapture.
QB N WR gettin too much protection?
and you guys lol at the rugby code...every mofo on the field is touchable if he has the ball...
tbh mono's been pretty hard on brady since the last playoff loss imho
Crofl Brady not being elite anymore
I'd be willing to accept that I'm wrong if Brady would perform well enough to prove me wrong. The problem is that Brady has to wait till after Week 17 before he gets the opportunity.
Once the NFL reaches 18 game seasons, these records won't last anyways.
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