re: The Football we all Know and Love is GONE

No, football changed when it stopped being 11 vs 10!!!

Now, I'm not a fan of the spread offense; but I have to agree that it has made playing defense a NIGHTMARE for the simple fact that the QB position is now a "running back who throws the ball".......and D-Coord's haven't figured it out just yet.

In the "Football we all know and Love", it was easy for the defense to blitz and play downhill towards the QB EVERY play. The QB wasn't mobile, and if he was, he surely wasn't as dynamic of the threat we see today.

It isn't the "spread" offense necessarily; it's really the "mobile" QB's that has changed the game.....!!! That half-a-second that a defensive player has to think/process/diagnose a play becomes crippling, especially when 10 other players are all having to do it as well........

At this point, the 4-2-5 defense has really been the only defense that can successfully slow down the spread....but I imagine someone create a scheme (whether new or modified) that will put an end to the spread offense......