I'm paying an assload of money for NFL Sunday Ticket...

[ram29jackson]

I told you 2 years agothe quality of play would go down and no one believed me.

[nflman2033]

as bad as the games were and as i was watching them on two computers and 1 TV, I found out last weekend when I was in Chicago just how much I love my Sunday Ticket. When I was in the hotel room(that charged for Internet) I was stuck watching the Bears and the Redskins at 1 and the Chargers vs the Pat's at 4, and that was it, just two games I didn't care about.

so no matter how bad the football is, I love being able to watch who I want when I want.

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

I told you 2 years agothe quality of play would go down and no one believed me.

I actually remember this conversation. But we all saw what the new NFL rules were going to do to the league. I was most frustrated for all the HOF-level WRs we had through the last decade who actually had to know how to run routes to get open (Holt, Bruce, Harrison, etc. etc.) as these guys worked for every reception. Now in today's NFL average WRs only need to learn the skinny post, how to run the drag or short slant, and bubble screen because the NFL doesn't want defensive players to cover anybody anymore. Now the league is trying to make this a two-hand-touch league by limiting contact. With the new collective bargaining negotiations coming up the NFL is in serious jeopardy of losing connection with their fan-base here.

[ram29jackson]

I actually remember this conversation. But we all saw what the new NFL rules were going to do to the league. I was most frustrated for all the HOF-level WRs we had through the last decade who actually had to know how to run routes to get open (Holt, Bruce, Harrison, etc. etc.) as these guys worked for every reception. Now in today's NFL average WRs only need to learn the skinny post, how to run the drag or short slant, and bubble screen because the NFL doesn't want defensive players to cover anybody anymore. Now the league is trying to make this a two-hand-touch league by limiting contact. With the new collective bargaining negotiations coming up the NFL is in serious jeopardy of losing connection with their fan-base here.

the rules have nothing to with it. Its the crappy play of young players who can neither tackle nor execute plays correctly because teams cant keep veterans long enough and have to put someone on the field.

minor theory of mine = alot of veterans are getting injured because rookie/young players around them dont know how to tackle or block. It may stating the obvious but its still a factor.