OK OK, I had a real bad day yesterday but I still have to comment on the state of the NFL. I watched a bunch of games and it seems to me that 80% of the offensive coordinators have fallen into the same pattern, which kinda goes like this.
1st and 10. Either hand off to the running back who slams right up the middle for a couple of yards, OR drop back 3 steps for a quick DINK pass to a receiver standing on the original line of scrimmage, who then turns and rambles for 2-3 yards.
2nd and 7. It seems this was the spot yesterday where 70% of the calls were for a draw. My rough estimate is that this worked about 3% of the time. The remaining 97% went for an average of 1 yard. Whoopee.
3rd and 6. Guess what? The draw came into play about 25% of the time with poor results. About 50% of the time I saw a variation of the DINK pass which invariably came up a couple of yards short. 20% ended up with a sack. 5% actually made a first down.
There WERE many variations on this theme, much to the creative credit of these highly paid offensive geniuses. I saw the DINK, DINK, DRAW. The DRAW, DINK, DRAW and the ever popular DINK, DINK, SACK.
Let me say this. Snake Stabler must have been puking his guts out if he watched yesterday's action. Same for Namath, Y.A., Unitas, Tarkenton .... you get the idea.
There are a few exceptions. St Louis. And people wonder why they win so many games. Oakland still likes to go deep and put some friggin' points on the board, and Minnesota managed to get their sorry asses in gear as well. San Francisco and Green Bay come to mind as well. But that's about it.
All I can say is B-O-R-I-N-G. Screw the West Coast offense unless Steve Young or Montana is running it and Jerry Rice is catching footballs. And another thing. Would somebody please put on a stop watch and calculate how many hours of commercials are shown in an average NFL game. My guess is that the actual game would only take about an hour and 45 minutes. Think about it, the clock runs practically all the time except for the two minute periods. They even crank up the clock when the ball is placed after someone goes out of bounds, except in the two minute periods (ooh, the suspense). Once upon a time you got to watch a LOT of football in an NFL game, before the networks and their advertisers took over the game.
So, here's to all you folks who have ruined this once great game -
Skinar
1st and 10. Either hand off to the running back who slams right up the middle for a couple of yards, OR drop back 3 steps for a quick DINK pass to a receiver standing on the original line of scrimmage, who then turns and rambles for 2-3 yards.
2nd and 7. It seems this was the spot yesterday where 70% of the calls were for a draw. My rough estimate is that this worked about 3% of the time. The remaining 97% went for an average of 1 yard. Whoopee.
3rd and 6. Guess what? The draw came into play about 25% of the time with poor results. About 50% of the time I saw a variation of the DINK pass which invariably came up a couple of yards short. 20% ended up with a sack. 5% actually made a first down.
There WERE many variations on this theme, much to the creative credit of these highly paid offensive geniuses. I saw the DINK, DINK, DRAW. The DRAW, DINK, DRAW and the ever popular DINK, DINK, SACK.
Let me say this. Snake Stabler must have been puking his guts out if he watched yesterday's action. Same for Namath, Y.A., Unitas, Tarkenton .... you get the idea.
There are a few exceptions. St Louis. And people wonder why they win so many games. Oakland still likes to go deep and put some friggin' points on the board, and Minnesota managed to get their sorry asses in gear as well. San Francisco and Green Bay come to mind as well. But that's about it.
All I can say is B-O-R-I-N-G. Screw the West Coast offense unless Steve Young or Montana is running it and Jerry Rice is catching footballs. And another thing. Would somebody please put on a stop watch and calculate how many hours of commercials are shown in an average NFL game. My guess is that the actual game would only take about an hour and 45 minutes. Think about it, the clock runs practically all the time except for the two minute periods. They even crank up the clock when the ball is placed after someone goes out of bounds, except in the two minute periods (ooh, the suspense). Once upon a time you got to watch a LOT of football in an NFL game, before the networks and their advertisers took over the game.
So, here's to all you folks who have ruined this once great game -
Skinar
