str8up12 – WRONG……guys in the NFL haven’t tackled for years…..even when practices were tougher!
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You’re right they don’t tackle in practice. BUT I agree with him that lack of padded practices are hurting defenses a lot and to some extent run game. You can’t be tough and physical in a game if you seldom can be physical in practice. The removal of coaches’ decision on when and how often to have padded practices is the single worst result of the new CBA IMO.
Dungy said flat out that the 2006 improvement in his run defense in the playoffs was due to his being able to put them in pads (and he wasn’t a big padded practice guy IIRC). That will never be allowed to happen again. If the 06 Colts had that rule, no SB for them.

Nope, on a pc, (actually, I use a few different PCs to access this site), and the problem occurs when you tell it to remember you. It remembers you alright, even when it decides 5 days or a week later, that you have been logged on too long, so it logs you off, but the commenting box is still available, and it even says I am logged on as me, but when I hit the Submit button, that’s when it says I have to log on to make a comment. I’m sure this happens to more than just me, and it’s really frustrating to deal with. That WordPress would have this bug in the software and doesn’t fix it is hard to believe.

NO! It proves that the moron commissioner is getting his wish of high scoring games with no defense. He has (as a few have posted) made football a wuss sport. It belongs to real men, who play real sports and the one in charge shouldn’t be a woman disguised as a man who wants players to wear skirts.

It’s now off limits to even breath on a QB or a reciever if you are on defense. THAT is why there are so many high scores. And God forbid you try to stop either kind of player. The all mighty GOD-ell will fine you for DOING YOUR JOB! Something he has no clue on how to do.

Goodell if you want to make a variation of football, be judge, jury and executioner in handing out fines, then go to another country and do it. Stay out of the greatest sport ever in the greatest country ever. Put it back to what it was and stop trying to re-invent the wheel.

300yds passing in ~1995 and before= Spectacular!

300yds passing in ~1996 until present= A gimme!

Scoring Defense is the only stat that means a damned thing these days.

Maybe one day you all will also learn that wins and Super Bowls are team accomplishments and not a good judge of a QB or their performance.

Of course, anything can happen. Is that your point?

I was obviously talking in a general sense, that’s all you can do.

Passing over running the ball will only grow as the season continues.

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KC limped into the playoffs after they gave up 120+ rushing yards to the raiders’ backup running back.

This has never changed.
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Controlling the game, and winning the game are two different things. KC has always been among the best rushing teams in the NFL, and last year they limped into the playoffs. Historically, it’s the balanced teams that win games and go to the playoffs, not the ones stronger at running or passing while being weak at the other.

Someone had better get thos clown out of there soon; maybe send him to work somewhere more in line with his character. Possibly a head designer at a facotry that makes little pink babydoll dresses.

**On a side note, your site is so freaking lame, when it says you are logged in, you write a comment, and then it says you have to be logged in to comment. Very. Freaking. LAME.

Aaron Rodgers, no question
Drew Brees, no question
Matthew Stafford, no question
Matt Hasslebeck? By all accounts yes!
Ryan Fitzpatrick? Another yes!

Tom Brady? Yes, although he flushed a game down the toilet
Peyton Manning, to a certain extent, just by sitting
Tony Romo, but not in game 1
Eli Manning? Wow, what a fine performance so far