The death of defense in football...

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59-42 in the SEC title game? Some people--no doubt CBS TV producers--would call that exciting. But that is just bad football--period. Two teams that cannot stop each other is bad football--and that kind of scoring fest is the rule in football nowadays, college and pros. Thank goodness for the 49ers and Seattle--two pro teams that will bring it on the defensive side. There aren't many good defenses anywhere anymore. The game is more like pinball than football--and with all the rule changes favoring the offense, who would even want to play defense?

On top of that, you've got NFL officials making bogus late-game pass interference calls to help trailing teams score late and win. I think there were four td in the vikings-ravens game in the last couple of minutes. I like watching skill players do their thing, but for various reasons scoring just is too easy in football these days.

Actually, it's become like the NBA, where a team frequently will have a 10-point lead with two and half minutes left in the game and lose. Just start watching the fourth quarter and wait for the questionable PI call late.
 
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Scoring points is excitement...

You gotta admit...

It's MUCH better than that 0-1 *********ry that's about to be played in Brazil...

Soccer = the PERFECT sport for 9 year old girls
 
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No. Defenses just need to adapt, get leaner, and become more athletic to keep up. Its still smash mouth. Defenses will catch up to the hurry up.
 
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UTRavens said:
What makes defense inherently better than offense other than it being "old school"?
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As General Neyland would tell you, there are more ways for the defense to score than for the offense to score. Alas, you don't see as much defensive scoring now as in the old days.
 
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A good D will catch up to this high octane offense. Coaches will watch the Stanford Oregon film this summer and defense will be back . Right now I don't care. I hope Auburn makes FSU look silly.
 
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Special Ed said:
As General Neyland would tell you, there are more ways for the defense to score than for the offense to score. Alas, you don't see as much defensive scoring now as in the old days.
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I personally think offense and defense is equally important. I love teams who play great defense as well as teams that have great offenses. Defensive scoring has gotten more difficult it seems, I wonder if that has to do with the recent rule changes?
 
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Mizzou's #14 D flat sucked that game. They hadn't allowed 28 points all year. I blame the coaches on that loss. Auburn runs maybe 3 rushing plays in a few different formations and you can't stop it. C'mon man. Should be MU playing in the NCG. Good job coaches. Not.

Still pissed? Yes I am.
 
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I personally like games where field position and special teams are important. When teams move around the field like it is a basketball game, it removes some of the strategy. Totally subjective though. I like 1-0 pitching duels in baseball, too.
 
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TAF said:
Scoring points is excitement...

You gotta admit...

It's MUCH better than that 0-1 *********ry that's about to be played in Brazil...

Soccer = the PERFECT sport for 9 year old girls
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You sound like a typical 'Merican. Soccer bad! Football good! Darn those grass fairies!
 
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Offenses, with how the rules are now, have a huge advantage over defenses, and that's why so many teams are going to a no huddle, spread offense. Defenses can't sub out fast enough against teams like Auburn. There isn't any way around it, and as long as refs allow the ball to be set very quickly, this trend of high scoring will continue. Chip Kelly is learning that the hard way in the NFL, because even though the NFL refs have become faster at getting the ball to the line, it's no where as quick as college football. More plays + speed + no defensive subs after every play = huge advantage to offenses. This also makes defenses play very bland, zone sets as you can't sub guys in to play blitz packages, etc. It's also hard to get a play call out in 3 seconds unless it's a very basic defense.
 
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There was a time when the pass was a groundbreaking innovation. The game evolves and changes, people will figure it out. Defenses will catch up.
 
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GrowVol said:
No. Defenses just need to adapt, get leaner, and become more athletic to keep up. Its still smash mouth. Defenses will catch up to the hurry up.
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It would seem that the teams that use the spread/hurry up (or whatever name is attached to it) would be the most capable of stopping it with their own defenses...sounds logical, but not very common.
 
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Love the run and gun high scoring offenses. If the defenses can't stop it, that might be the problem.
 
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volger said:
Mizzou's #14 D flat sucked that game. They hadn't allowed 28 points all year. I blame the coaches on that loss. Auburn runs maybe 3 rushing plays in a few different formations and you can't stop it. C'mon man. Should be MU playing in the NCG. Good job coaches. Not.

Still pissed? Yes I am.
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Thats what AU has been doing all year. They run the same 3 plays in a few different formations with 3 different options. No one can stop it. Its not just Mizzou.
 
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Slydell said:
Love the run and gun high scoring offenses. If the defenses can't stop it, that might be the problem.
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It's a cycle, just how it always has been. When someone develops an effective method of slowing them down, something else will evolve.
 
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Not that i agree with it, but I think we will see coaches push to slow the tempo down by lobbying for 10 sec sub period even if the offense does not. Mizzou has a pretty good D and you could tell they were gassed.
 
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