There are a handful of teams you can say that about. Bills, Chargers, Packers, Rams.... (and I'm not sold on the Bills) I keep telling folks - the 'tush push' - if the Eagles offensive line was so damned great they wouldn't need to PUSH a player from behind just to squeak out one or two yards. And I actually LIKE the Eagles, but I don't watch football to see a Rugby play. Defensive players cannot push one another into the line, so why is the offfense allowed to? And since I'm off on a tangent, why is DPI always an 'automatic first down'? If OPI happens shouldn't that be a Loss-of-down? (I'm half-serious)
Because the NFL is selling offense, not defense. Every rule helps the offense and cripples the defense.[/quote] Once again, the NFL is thinks offense sells. If we applied the same rule to offenses on PI that we do to defenses, then offensive PI should be an automatic 4th down. Instead, the offense gets the down over, 10 yards back, which is actually rewarding the offense. "You get a second chance to complete the pass that you failed to on this play"
I don't want offense - I want equal fairness on both sides of the ball. The defense is largely handcuffed. The speed of the game has increased - a lot - just in the last 5 years. And yes, I already know we won't get 'equal fairness'...
