Too easy to score in football in general?

[Jaydumo20]

Not only did we see it in our last two games, but it's very clear in the NFL as well as college.
There was a time when a 10 point lead with 3 minutes to go was pretty much a guaranteed win. Now? The game seems 50/50.

Whether it's prevent defense, a regression in good tackling, super-athlete WR/TE/QB/RB, or rules to protect the QB, it is too easy, especially in crunch time, to put up 14 points.

Is anyone else bothered by this?

What can be done?
Or is this it from now on?

 

[CTBasketball]

Haven’t most teams abandoned full pad tackling practices after training camp? That and/or the spread and RPO offenses are harder to stop.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Haven’t most teams abandoned full pad tackling practices after training camp? That and/or the spread and RPO offenses are harder to stop.

Re: your first point I have heard that is true. I think we've gotten used to it that the tackling isnt what it what it used to be.

I forgot who it was, but a few years ago, a pretty well known LB (Wagner?) was whistled for a bang bang hit where it was obvious that he couldnt have slowed down if he wanted to. After the game he talked about how the game he grew up loving has lost it's teeth.

 

[dvegas]

The guys on WFAN were suggesting it's time to tighten up the width of the goalposts, now that 60 yards FG's are common. Because you cant make the field longeer or wider.

 

[businesslawyer]

The guys on WFAN were suggesting it's time to tighten up the width of the goalposts, now that 60 yards FG's are common. Because you cant make the field longeer or wider.

This is an easy and obvious fix. FGs at 40 yards weren't automatic 15 years ago. No almost everything is just a long PAT.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Haven’t most teams abandoned full pad tackling practices after training camp? That and/or the spread and RPO offenses are harder to stop.

Not sure they do much practicing of full pad tackling in training camp, but your point is spot on.

 

[Jetskies]

bring back the oklahoma drill. we used to be a proper country.

 

[billybud]

Florida has played three games, given up 2 offensive TD's total in those three games...and is 1-2.

Don't ask a Gator about it being to easy for offenses to score...not theirs, evidently.

 

[JMick]

They want the scoring. The rule changes have been very intentional to create offense

 

[Scoe]

Don't think I have seen anything out of the ordinary from the last 10 years or so. Football is the greatest reality tv show there is because you see something you haven't seen before every week both college and nfl.

As far as blown leads it's a combination of things. You gotta wrap up the game asap, your offense has to be your defense. Do think coaches tend to overthink an end of game strategy with analytics at the same time players gotta execute it.

Anyone who knows football sure is aware of this strategy KISS (Keep it simple stupid). Meaning let your players react on not think, be a coach not a scientist. We see coaches overthink it, look at the Seahawks losing the superbowl because Pete Carroll wanted to waste a down because he tried to outsmart Belichick instead of just handing the ball off to Marshawn Lynch.

 

[Scoe]

The guys on WFAN were suggesting it's time to tighten up the width of the goalposts, now that 60 yards FG's are common. Because you cant make the field longeer or wider.

Im really not a fan of drastic changes like that. Interestingly enough we have seen more kickers miss extra points now including ones who make it from 60 plus yards.

 

[Scoe]

bring back the oklahoma drill. we used to be a proper country.

Great drill, if I were coaching I would get fired real fast for bringing that drill back.

 

[Scoe]

Re: your first point I have heard that is true. I think we've gotten used to it that the tackling isnt what it what it used to be.

I forgot who it was, but a few years ago, a pretty well known LB (Wagner?) was whistled for a bang bang hit where it was obvious that he couldnt have slowed down if he wanted to. After the game he talked about how the game he grew up loving has lost it's teeth.

That's another thing, there needs to be common sense with these calls. Also the game is too fast for the officials to see and the ones working over the officials, have put in more and more rules making the officials job even harder.

When having a review their needs to be a quicker replay system, hockey has the best review system. Need to have officials be officials and not detectives.

 

[dvegas]

bring back the oklahoma drill. we used to be a proper country.

yes, exactly what the guardian cap is for!

 

[billybud]

I have seen too many coaches get conservative, try to eat up the clock and abandon their former game plan....while the team that is behind is flinging it down field.

I am not a fan of abandoning the offense that got you ahead and playing not to lose...rather than playing to put more points on the board.

 

[uchusky32]

The league wanted more scoring. And the league has done everything to protect their QBs. DBs and safeties have to take on a 300 offensive linemen without taking out their legs. Press coverage is gone at the line of scrimmage. Could keep going but what’s the point.

 

[Scoe]

I have seen too many coaches get conservative, try to eat up the clock and abandon their former game plan....while the team that is behind is flinging it down field.

I am not a fan of abandoning the offense that got you ahead and playing not to lose...rather than playing to put more points on the board.

There's that but also have to value the field position your in. Now this is an example of it here, where the Falcons in the Super Bowl should've been running it being in your kickers range to go up 2 scores. It's not to say Falcons couldn't have thrown on 3rd down. Falcons lost 20 yards here, from the 4:44 mark.

 

[Jaydumo20]

The league wanted more scoring. And the league has done everything to protect their QBs. DBs and safeties have to take on a 300 offensive linemen without taking out their legs. Press coverage is gone at the line of scrimmage. Could keep going but what’s the point.

Its so strange that I cant think of one thing that gets BETTER when it's changed to maximize profits.

Nobody's ever said
"that brewery's beers are so much better since Coors bought them out"

 

[KryHavok]

Re: your first point I have heard that is true. I think we've gotten used to it that the tackling isnt what it what it used to be.

I forgot who it was, but a few years ago, a pretty well known LB (Wagner?) was whistled for a bang bang hit where it was obvious that he couldnt have slowed down if he wanted to. After the game he talked about how the game he grew up loving has lost it's teeth.

Look at what happened to us over the weekend. UConn got called for 3 targeting penalties (I don't really see that many one-sided targeting calls for other teams). Although the calls were all reversed after review, it's gotten to a point where any hit could get flagged and potentially change the scope of the game. Some tackles are still brutal, but the game has lost some of its hard-hitting luster. Some of these football scores are becoming commensurate with low scoring basketball games due to defenses not being able to defend the way they used to.

 

[storrsroars]

If you didn't catch Baker Mayfield's game winning drive last night, it's worth a watch. Texans made our tackling look competent, lol.

 

[huskyblooz]

yet, we can't score in OT!