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Fidget spinner era aged kids have entered the nfl

Defenses around the league have adjusted schemes to shut down the pass heavy offenses of the league

If you ask the Fields Truther’s it’s coaching

It is all CM Punk's fault. He has been a troublemaker wherever he goes. Once the NFL fires him everything will be great.

I am just gonna latch on this thread to talk about MNF. If Josh Allen was the Bears QB, would this fanbase consider him a franchise QB?

The pendulum is swinging. Defenses will always find a way to eventually stop the offense du jour. it taken a few years, but it appears it’s happening this season

Allen is doing what he always does, no? Lots of TD and INT. Burrow was coming off injury. Mahomes has Nagy. Lawrence has always been overrated. Hurts wasn’t a big thrower even last season. Watson has…a lot on his mind.

Development leagues prioritized D line over O line for their most talented big men for a while now.

I believe Clean pocket time is down a decent amount, couple other indices as well.

I think it's going to need rule changes, or rule enforcement changes to reverse the trend.

Time will tell.

An all-time low of WR talent across the league.

lack of 2 a days. All of the big name QBs of the last generation were able to get 2 a days in during a longer preseason. Now that all save Rodgers are retired we're seeing the true affect of the lack of extra practice by the QBs. This poorer level of play will continue until either the NFL gives up the extra game for more preseason or allows 2 a days back.

The front 7 of most defenses have just become such athletic freaks that it’s hard for the OL to keep up.

You have DL and edge rushers that are as fast as secondary defenders. It’s so hard for the traditional OL guys to keep up and TEs are getting rag dolled.

The pendulum swinging back will be RBs that are LB sized for pass protection and TEs that are the size of Darnell Washington that essentially gives you an extra LT or RT on the line

Unreported injuries.

• Defenses are smarter, better, and faster.
• Lack of good QBs. A lot/most of the mid-to-late 2010s QBs haven't turned out well. There was arguably a golden age in the early 2000s of QBs and we're actively feeling "return to normal" part.
• Similar/tangential to the above, lack of good OCs/offensive minds and/or people to execute it.
• There's an arms race in the trenches. There are not a ton of humans that have the frame that supports being a lineman, let alone everything else. The better athletes gravitate towards the flashy/paid roles aka D-Lineman. This leaves the "scraps" to be O-Lineman.

Beyond the above that I feel are pretty easy to verify by a cursory look at year-in-year-out stats, I do think there isn't a great evaluation of collegiate talent nowadays also and hasn't been for a decade or so. I mostly think it's a function of social media or 24hr news cycle or whatever you want to call it to where if a scout, director, GM, or owner wants to fall in love with a decent prospect that also represents a need, it's extremely easy with the amount of highlight reels that're available for any number of people. Tying it back to the Bears, Justin Fields had cameras following him since he was in high school.

The top quarterbacks are garnering huge contracts and teams are paying for it with less depth at WR and OL. Virtually all of the QBs you mentioned in original post are recent contract extensions.

Fields meanwhile has been arrow up tho some on this sub wont acknowledge it 💁🏼‍♂️

Defenses are limiting big plays now with two high safety concepts now. It's forcing teams to methodically move down the field and rely on explosive plays from receivers in the open field. Here are some solid reads for more info.

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-galina-why-two-high-defenses-are-set-to-take-over-the-nfl

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nfl-offense-is-dead-but-its-unlikely-two-high-coverage-is-the-guilty-party/

Offensive line play stinks and defensive line play is in the golden era

Save for Cam Newton. Russell Wilson, and the short peak of Luck there was kind of a decade of shit QB drafts.

Meanwhile, defenses have evolved. Before you know it, we’ll be back to bruising backs pounding through small quick defenses. Ebb and flow of the meta.

Its wild when Fields played a much better game against a team like the Broncos then guys like Josh Allen or Pat Mahomes did this year. This season has been a wild one for sure, just when u think theres a top team, they get their ass handed to em. Cheers to the final stretch my friends

They all got paid lmao

Defenses adjusting.

In addition to what others have said, there's also been a lot of injuries. Burrow was dealing with injuries. Kelce was hurt and also no T Swift in some games. Bad for Mahomes. Allen is just a modern day Big Ben and always has been. Watson hasn't been good since pre allegations. The healthier guys/teams like Tua, Lamar, Russ, Dak, Goff are all about the same as their averages or better. Kirk was balling pre injury. Young bucks like Stroud and Howell have shined

Bears fans are branching out and watching other teams due to how depressing ours is. Since god hates us and we aren’t allowed to watch good QBs we’re fucking the rest of the league.

Since no one cares about Houston Stroud has been going off though. Except the one game they played Carolina and I’m sure some bears fans watched for the pick and they lost further proving our curse.

They're all lost without the GOAT Tom Brady on an active roster

I love how these are all wrong. Pretty sure injuries is the number one answer.

I’m sure cousins and Rodgers are going to have one of their worst years ever this year.

Ball isn't juiced like previous years

I blame soft balls.

Getsy has coordinated every offense.

Member when we all laughed at Denver for having Russell Wilson because we have JF1? Haha at least we’re not the broncos. Jajaja the good old days