Antarctica wrote:
Its ok to trade points and field position for time off the clock if you win. The point is to win the game not maintain statistical supremacy so they look good to people outside the game.
They stopped the Raiders on that final drive but a bad penalty and poor special teams discipline gave the Raiders a second chance. If you gave offenses a mulligan for a free first down once a drive these games would be finishing with scores well over one-hundred total points.
The tackling was as bad as I've ever seen it from this lot. They almost looked as bad as the rest of the NFL does every week. I have no reason to believe that wasn't an aberration caused by myriad factors, none of which are a sudden dropoff in their defensive talent level.
Football is becoming unwatchable more and more. I still watch the Bears because it is pretty much in my blood to do it but the game itself has been made more about what penalties are going to be called than it is the plays that get made.