Yeah...it doesn’t help that modern football is glorified Arena-Football.
The game is too QB-centric now. Gone are the days when you could put a great RB behind a terrific group of team-blockers and create a dynasty-level offense.
True dat. I find it unwatchable. Give me the good old days of three yards and a cloud of dust.
It sure was fun watching Adrian Petersen in his prime.
Believe it or not, it's coming back. QBs cost too much and defenses are all designed to stop the pass. So smart OCs are saying 'cool, I'll just run it'. And it works because defenses are just not designed to stop it. So even mediocre running backs can pile up big numbers and utterly control the clock. More teams are figuring this out and the pendulum will swing back to more running. That's my prediction (which is really more of an observation because the 49ers went to the Superbowl last year with an okay QB but a strong rushing attack driven by a perrenial practice squad / backup guy who had bounced around the league for years.