Since the league has cracked down with new defensive rules in place, stacked offenses like the Kansas City Chiefs should thrive.
The offense for the Kansas City Chiefs is loaded with talent. The only real question mark is Patrick Mahomes, and the majority believe he will be just fine. He may be more fine now that defenses can’t tackle.
With the mindset of making the game safer, the NFL has somewhat handcuffed the defense, causing many to accuse the league of turning the NFL into a flag football spectacle. For the Kansas City Chiefs, these new rules might actually benefit.
A defensive player will no longer be able to lower his head during a tackle. That means defenses are going to start missing a ton of tackles or offenses can merely accept penalty after penalty until they reach the red zone. Overdramatic? Probably. Exaggerated? A little.
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The speed of the game is something the law makers have seemingly forgot about. Football is fast. Once that ball is hiked everything happens within seconds at full speed. Now they are asking defenses to hit the brakes. The result should be a record amount of offense in 2018.
Will it be fun? Maybe. It depends on how many times the yellow flag is thrown during a series.
The defensive player doesn’t want to hurt himself either. The human brain tells the player to protect himself when an impact is imminent. This results in turning away, closing your eyes, and lowering your head.
It’s football for crying out loud. As a 2nd grade football coach we constantly teach these kids to complete the tackle. In fact, if players continue to slow down before impact, they are usually doing a drill we call “five inches”, which is having the player playing on his back with his legs together and his feet five inches off the ground. It’s painful, but it gets the job done.
For offense similar to the one Kansas City now has in place, the ingredients are there to take full advantage of a team of defenders who are scared to tackle.
Imagine defenders letting up before contact with Tyreek Hill for just a moment. He may not be tackled once this year. When Travis Kelce catches a ball across the middle what do you think he’s going to do to that hesitant receiver? He’s going to run him over.
Most of us know to keep our head up when running the ball, we also know that when the impact nears, thoughts tend to abandon us. Again, the game is just so quick.
Subpar offenses might not reap the benefits as others, but high powered offenses ar and und the league got a huge boost with the new rules in place.
The NFL has gone from what the definition of a catch is to now what is a legal tackle. Injuries happen. It’s football. Those of us who have kids in football know that at some point they will get hurt.
Player safety is of the upmost importance. There has to be a better way than to turn the league into a powder puff football extravaganza. If Nascar can make strides in safety that allow a car to accelaerat into a wall at 200mph then the NFL should be able to come up with something to keep the flavor of the game we all love in tact.
Mahomes and company should have a field day this season, these new rules almost guarantee it.