606 Points In A Season

[Rain Man]

I agree completely. The games now are boring. There's no semblance of a battle; it's just a matter of watching quarterbacks play catch and march up and down the field until the last team scores.

You can't rush the quarterback. You can't hit the quarterback. You can't jam the receivers. You can't hit the receivers. All you can do is gently pull them to the ground after they catch the ball. The game is ruined, and I say that after a winning season by my favorite team. It's not sour grapes or anything, but is a flat fact.

I'm about 90 percent certain that I'm going to take the year off from football next year. I've never intentionally missed a Chiefs game in my life, but I have better things to do in life than watch the beginner-fan product that the NFL produces these days.

[GoChargers]

It's sad to watch. I miss teams like the 2000 Ravens. There's a reason why my favorite non-Chargers players are always defensive players. Their job is a million times harder than the offense nowadays, so anyone who can still step up and make an impact on the game under the circumstances deserves respect.

It's hard to even watch the Cheatriots or Donks play because I get so pissed at the bailout flags against anyone who tries to play defense - and, even worse, I expect them. You can't even breathe near Brady or Fivehead, but then we're all supposed to be in awe of the records they're breaking. What a joke.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I agree completely. The games now are boring. There's no semblance of a battle; it's just a matter of watching quarterbacks play catch and march up and down the field until the last team scores.

You can't rush the quarterback. You can't hit the quarterback. You can't jam the receivers. You can't hit the receivers. All you can do is gently pull them to the ground after they catch the ball. The game is ruined, and I say that after a winning season by my favorite team. It's not sour grapes or anything, but is a flat fact.

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[BigRock]

Originally Posted by Dayze

You can thank the chicken shit rules that favor the QBs and Offense that Godell has put into place for that. The past 6 years have been an abortion for this league.

The NFL shifted to benefit the offense 10 years ago when Bill Polian whined like a bitch about his charmin soft Colts getting their asses spanked red by the Patriots. And Paul Tagliabue sat on his thumbs while Polian's competition committee drove the illegal contact rule down everyone's throat, which even the NFL's head of officiating said was bullshit.

[redshirt32]

Business and drama sells tickets the game is a circus act now

[GoChargers]

Originally Posted by redshirt32

Business and drama sells tickets the game is a circus act now

There is no drama. The games are all too predictable when they involve certain teams and players. It's literally only about business and ducking lawsuits nowadays, Goodell and the owners have lost sight of why people watch and play the game.

[redshirt32]

Originally Posted by GoChargers

There is no drama. The games are all too predictable when they involve certain teams and players. It's literally only about business and ducking lawsuits nowadays, Goodell and the owners have lost sight of why people watch and play the game.

Lots of drama its always better when there is a story line to feed to the millions to build up the games , brothers against brothers, or QB's that been run out of town, lots of story lines you know feel good outcomes

Best match ups for our bottom line its a business that works well and makes $$$$$$$ there is drama a lot of it Refs are the best act

Loved to play the game its changed so much

[kcxiv]

Whats even crazier is the Chiefs were like the 6th ranked team in scoring points.

Last weeks clunker against the Colts dropped us, we were 2nd before that.haha

[OrtonsPiercedTaint]

Yet it is better to be lucky than good. For example, his own brother

[Dayze]

It would be ineteresting to see some sort of chart that either tracks total points scored per year; or average passing yardage over the last 15 years. With a bullet point that indicates when certain penalties were either more strictly enforced etc.

Total wild assed guyss, but I would think there would be a fairly large and rapid inrease in those averages beginning in probably 2004.

Like Rainman, I'm almost to the point where he is. Hell, I got NFLST for free this year and literally only 'used' it maybe once. I've probably caught a collective 60 minutes of the other prime-time games (which is 90% Manning). The NFL is really really disappointing me. I never remember it being so much of a story-line driven league - at least in terms of the games they hype. THey'd rather have 2 shit teams on national TV with an interesting back story than two good teams fighting it out.

This is the first year that I haven't thought "Man, I can't wait for X game this week". It doesn't matter. Game chagning penalties are occuring way too often each week, each game. Those penalties are the 'new' Kick Off Returns for TD.

[Deberg_1990]

Don't care, you guys are still watching in record numbers

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[JD10367]

As a Patriots fan, I'm glad Peyton didn't get any special treatment from the media this year, and the Broncos got blasted for running up the score just like the Pats did... oh, wait...

Just like the Pats, Denver will find out that a record offense doesn't automatically mean a Lombardi. Manning isn't as good in the winter elements, Denver's D is a question mark without Miller, Welker is one hit away from ending his season... One and done is not put of the realm of possibility.

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by JD10367

As a Patriots fan, I'm glad Peyton didn't get any special treatment from the media this year, and the Broncos got blasted for running up the score just like the Pats did... oh, wait...

Just like the Pats, Denver will find out that a record offense doesn't automatically mean a Lombardi. Manning isn't as good in the winter elements, Denver's D is a question mark without Miller, Welker is one hit away from ending his season... One and done is not put of the realm of possibility.

I can't speak for anyone else on this board, but I know of the friends that I have that like the Broncos - none view any of this regular season greatness as anything to consider as a 'given' for postseason success.

Play time is over now, it's the playoffs...

[BlackHelicopters]

And yet, the NFL is more popular than ever.

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by theelusiveeightrop

And yet, the NFL is more popular than ever.

People (for the most part) love offense and points... not defensive slugfests that result in baseball scores.

I wish the defenses weren't so limited by all the rules changes quite honestly, but it is what it is and my love of the game hasn't fallen - and no, I wouldn't be singing a different tune if Denver didn't have Manning throwing for more than 10K yards and 92 TDs the last 32 regular season games.