re: Tom Brady: There’s a lot of mediocrity in today’s NFL due to rule changes, bad coaching

There were also two Collective Bargaining Agreements ratified during Brady’s career that have impacted roster construction and player development.

- Less Practice Time:
The 2011 and 2020 agreements each reduced practice time in the offseason, during training camp, and during the season. Both also decreased the number of full padded practices, contact in practice, and even limited the number of “shell” practices (only helmets and shoulder pads).

- Rookie Wage Scale:
Not only are the huge rookie contracts a thing of the past, but every pick in every round has a salary scale with a narrow window. There is very little negotiating. There’s clearly defined costs, contract length, and guarantees before a team even makes a draft pick.

The cheap fixed costs of rookie contracts has resulted in an increase of younger and inexperienced players in the league, and fewer experienced veterans.

It has also created a significant increase in underclassmen declaring for the draft. There’s very little incentive to play another year of college to increase your draft stock. The big money is in that second contract.

Even the young, inexperienced players filling out NFL rosters have become even younger less experienced.

Teams are churning their rosters every year. The turnover from year to year is about one-third of the roster are new players.

Coaches have fewer veterans to rely on, more inexperienced players that need development, roster turnover each season, and a constant stream of rule changes that require fundamental changes in how to rush the QB, how to tackle, how to cover a WR.

Coaches need a lot more practice time to come close to getting their team prepared. Instead, they get less. The gradual decline in quality might not be noticeable year to year, but the cumulative effect has become very noticeable the last few seasons.

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The rules have allowed a lot of bad habits

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Like the refs throwing a flag on every play over 40 yards

Brady won a ring because of this. He kinda needs to chill



He also screamed and whined to the refs during games more than any qb I can remember

People who bitch about the NFL but watch are like the dumbfricks who bitch about politics but don’t vote. Keep watching dummies.

Mediocrity is a good word to describe the NFL. When was the last time there were teams that absolutely were dominant year after year after year? When there were (think: Cowboys, 49ers, Steelers, Packers) teams that consistently had a core group of players that stayed with the team for 5 to 10+ years, it was all the rage then to write about how the league needed to do something to bring some parity to the league. They wrote then that there were too many teams that were ending the seasons with less than 5 wins, in some cases only 1. Fans wanted to see more scores, less defense.

In today's NFL, a QB like Dan Marino might not be successful. The offenses have changed and the trend is towards athletic QB's that can run the ball and escape the pocket.

But yes, you can turn on an NFL game and it is a bland, homogenized, pasteurized product with lots of no name players (not saying their untalented, just that most don't stand out as exceptional).

While we're at it, college ball needs to get rid of the running clock. It has reduced play series and reduced some of what made the college games unique and interesting. Also, catching the kickoff at the five and getting the ball on the 25 stinks. Start at the 20 if the ball goes to the end zone. Out of bounds kick should be a rekick, but "somebody might get hurt!" crybabies lament. Just more pussification of the game.

Bring back steroids. Bring them all back, especially those for recovery. I miss it :(

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I feel like maybe Brady was the benefactor of many of those rule changes. They allowed him to play as long as he did.

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That game against the Broncos where he got the shite kicked out of him still has to be up there of biggest physical arse kickings a QB has ever received.

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Or if teams stop going full retard with QB contracts.

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You can't in a league where they've made the QB play so important. That's the market in play.

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Brady was the biggest crybaby and benefactor of the rule changes. He might have a point, but he’s not the one to make it.

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This shite over and over again.

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Brady was the biggest crybaby and benefactor of the rule changes

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Melt.

And you are probably right, but so is Brady in this situation.