Started By
Message
re: Offenses evolved to score more points. Defenses haven't evolved to stop them.
Posted on 1/18/15 at 2:45 am to NATidefan
Posted on 1/18/15 at 2:45 am to NATidefan
quote:Think that might be going too far. Offenses should be allowed to move as fast as humanly possible, IMO. But that should revolve around defenses being capable of always having the players on the field that they think they might need to stop the offense.
Honestly I'd rather just see the hurry up no huddle only be allowed during the final two minute offense. You'd only really ever run it when you were down or to score before the half. Teams wouldn't try to make it their overall package anymore so they wouldn't be as good at executing it... and football would get back to being what it originally was... lining up, getting set, and beating the guys across from you.
Ref execution right now seems all kinds of fricked up. At the very least, they HAVE to make sure they're in position and ready to judge a play before the ball is snapped. I mean, Jesus Christ. I'm not even sure how it's acceptable to any fan that refs aren't ready to make judgments at the snap. I might be blowing this up more than I should, but we've already solidified the fact that a QB can literally nudge a ref out of the way to snap the ball without penalty.
2
Posted on 1/18/15 at 2:56 am to ReauxlTide222
The refs should be allowed to dictate the pace of the game, much like the do in the NFL.
Posted on 1/18/15 at 3:06 am to ReauxlTide222
quote:
Think that might be going too far. Offenses should be allowed to move as fast as humanly possible, IMO. But that should revolve around defenses being capable of always having the players on the field that they think they might need to stop the offense.
Well, it's kinda tough to have both of those. The offense can use the same players and line up in a completely different formation that would require a different group of defenders to successfully stop them. With running QBs going 6'5 250 and running 4.5 40s it's even harder.
The defense has always been a step behind, but it didn't have to worry about the QB as much as it does now as far as running game, and it typically had more time to get it's right players in and get set.
The fact you can't sub unless the offense subs is probably the biggest issue... it's not that you can't get players on and off the field fast, it's that you aren't allowed to do it at all. And even if you could, you'd get caught subbing a player in and the ball being snapped while they are out of position.
Maybe once the center touches the ball the D should be allowed 5 seconds or so to sub players before the snap???
This post was edited on 1/18/15 at 3:07 am
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News