Does the NFL want more scoring?

[Zekeats]

How about a better product when officials kept their flags in their pants. I swear they legalize gambling and all of a sudden the refs are throwing a flag every play. Coincidence? NO!

Wish we could go back to the days without stupid flags and penalties what a great flow of a game.

 

[Little Jr]

The penalties flags thrown has not changed since 1991. 11-12 game on avg

 

[DasSchnitzel]

The penalties flags thrown has not changed since 1991. 11-12 game on avg

Interesting, do you have a table or something as a source? I'd like to see the data.

For me, the issue isn't the amount of flags thrown, it's the reason. It's the amount of extra commercial breaks to review things. It's the obsession over frame-by-frame analysis of ref calls. It's the fact that 9 times out of 10 in today's world, people end up discussing the refs and not the players after the game because we've made it a 3 team sport.

 

[conner01]

The penalties flags thrown has not changed since 1991. 11-12 game on avg

We avg exactly the same as last year

 

[Clove]

How about a better product when officials kept their flags in their pants. I swear they legalize gambling and all of a sudden the refs are throwing a flag every play. Coincidence? NO!

Wish we could go back to the days without stupid flags and penalties what a great flow of a game.

That offense looks very familiar. Looks just like ours today.

 

[Zekeats]

That offense looks very familiar. Looks just like ours today.

No way. They used motion.

 

[Clove]

No way. They used motion.

And they rarely went into the shotgun, but they are a ball-control offense with very little explosive plays.

 

[cern]

Offense is exciting. Defense breaks bones.

 

[big dog cowboy]

NFL wants more scoring

Do you have evidence to support this or is this just your speculation?

 

[Clove]

Aikman overthrew Harper, I thought all QBs hit on those?

 

[shabazz]

Do you have evidence to support this or is this just your speculation?

I’d be surprised if they don’t. Seems like every sport has this same theory. We’ve seen it in hockey not that long ago when they reduced the goalies pads and equipment to intermediate sizes because the goalies were owning the scorers. Arena soccer is even more entertains when it becomes a shooting gallery rather than the full field yawn machine yielding 1-0 game scores.

Defensive battles in games are going the way of the flip phone

 

[Little Jr]

Interesting, do you have a table or something as a source? I'd like to see the data.

For me, the issue isn't the amount of flags thrown, it's the reason. It's the amount of extra commercial breaks to review things. It's the obsession over frame-by-frame analysis of ref calls. It's the fact that 9 times out of 10 in today's world, people end up discussing the refs and not the players after the game because we've made it a 3 team sport.

https://www.sportingcharts.com/articles/nfl/how-many-penalties-in-an-nfl-game-on-average.aspx

This take you though 2016. The last 2 years I did on my own. Blandido or whatever the hell is name is was talking about the other day and how the penalties actually have stayed rhhe same between 11-13. And od you think about it, they have a lot more penalties they can call now. 20 years ago there was no defenseless receiver, helmet to helemt, all the protecting the QB penalties ect..... and they still called as many penalties as the refs do now.

 

[Little Jr]

It's not the amount ofpenalties beinf thrown, it's the ones being thrown that had caused the scoring to go up. It's no secret the NFL wants more scoring.

 

[DasSchnitzel]

https://www.sportingcharts.com/articles/nfl/how-many-penalties-in-an-nfl-game-on-average.aspx

This take you though 2016. The last 2 years I did on my own. Blandido or whatever the hell is name is was talking about the other day and how the penalties actually have stayed rhhe same between 11-13. And od you think about it, they have a lot more penalties they can call now. 20 years ago there was no defenseless receiver, helmet to helemt, all the protecting the QB penalties ect..... and they still called as many penalties as the refs do now.

I'm assuming you were watching football in 1991 but if not maybe someone can answer my question because I was certainly not watching football in 1991.

But like you said, they've got a lot of things to pick from these days when calling penalties, and they used to call the same amount, so what were they calling a lot of back then?

 

[DasSchnitzel]

Do you have evidence to support this or is this just your speculation?

Umm?

Isn't the absurd rise of offensive power since the mid-2000s proof enough? I mean they've flat out said that they want higher scoring because it engages more fans. Everytime a team tops 40 points you hear an announcer allude to the age of high octane. They've changed loads of rules to better facilitate the passing game, offensive records are broke as fast as they're set, etc.

There's tons of evidence to support that the league wants higher scoring and has been effective at creating it. So much evidence that it's odd to even ask for it to be presented.

 

[CATCH17]

Emmitt Smith is just ridiculous.

 

[Flamma]

I know the penalties in that Chargers Chiefs game made it hard to watch. I know on one drive they were calling every touch, tap, rub, you can think of. Pretty much walked the Chiefs to the endzone. It's almost as if they are looking for penalties to call no matter how slight.

 

[rynochop]

I know the refs sure made game altering calls for both teams in this last game...but it's been happening for decades and in much bigger games