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Originally Posted by Hydrae
It might be interesting to see how much impact crowd noise really does have on the visiting offensive line. If we have games with no crowds this year that could be a great comparison to previous seasons too.
I know the volume level at Arrowhead sure used to get to Elway.  |
To be honest, I've noticed
our offensive line jumping early at home more than the opponents.
I just think teams have come up with so many tricks to combat the crowd noise that it's hardly a factor anymore. Even a decade or so ago (when we had far smaller crowds) I remember the 'crowd penalties' tracker they had on the scoreboard being 2-3/gm. I think last year there were maybe 20 something total.
Teams just practice this stuff more than they used to and the connected helmets make it much faster/easier to get plays in, etc...
The crowds have been good the last 3-4 years, but it just doesn't have the impact it used to.