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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I just thought it was pretty hilarious how blatant it was. You don't see screens that strong in an NBA game. He just runs right off Kelce's outside hip, squares James up then as soon as Kelce clears him he turns upfield like it was a designed route of some sort.
Hate those damn things, but everyone does them and I'm not sure how you'd regulate them other than, as you said, training defenders to draw them and referees to be strict in enforcing them.
But they don't get much more obvious than that one was.
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I always thought the Manning Broncos took the direction of that trend and crossed the rubicon with it at warp speed. I remember when we first matched up with them in 2013 we played bully ball with their receivers setting those picks and took several shots at Welker through that first game, but it was all for naught. The rules are so tilted towards the offense where collisions like that could be called as an illegal contact (being an auto first down), a "both sides" no call (resulting in an offensive big play), and at best, an OPI that gives an elite QB another down to make a play.
I remember feeling so helpless playing the Broncos in 2012-2014 and Brady for that reason. Your defense had to play perfectly with the NFL's hand on the scales for the offense guided by a HOF QB. Now that we have Mahomes it's obviously nice we can take advantage of the direction the league has gone here... but tbh, I don't mind that the two high shell look has neutralized a lot of passing offenses not lead by Patrick Mahomes this year (As a response, the average rushing yards per game is at its highest level its been in 3 decades).