Pass Frenzy NFL

   Let's get into this debate of the even more improved pass happy offenses in the NFL. Every year we keep breaking the most passing yards in a week of football showing more teams are going to the pass and less to the run. This year we have a new feature to the passing frenzy that isn't new, but more teams are exploiting it. The halfback swing and screen patterns! This is huge this year with numerous runningbacks like Matt Forte, Mike Tolbert, Jonathan Stewart, Darren Sproles, Ryan Mathews, Jahvid Best, Ray Rice, Earnest Graham, Darren McFadden, and Dexter McCluster receiving out of the backfield and even a few of them are leading the team in catches. I feel like one of two things are because of this and maybe even both, cornerbacks are better than ever which is shutting down the quaterbacks main receivers and/or linebackers just aren't in prime shape this year due to the lack of camp and they just can't cover the flats. Granted this has always been a great philosophy having your best open field runner get the ball past the line of scrimmage with a quick screen or swing pass and then he has less traffic to make his way down field. Normally after a few of these the defense plays alot of cover 2 or cover 3 to cover the flats and shut down the runningback, but we just are seeing it work this year and quarterbacks like Cam Newton, Philip Rivers, Jay Cutler, Dree Brees, Matthew Stafford and Joe Flacco are taking advantage of this weakness and their passing yards are going thru the roof.

   I wanna bring up the Colts. Is Peyton Manning really that great, or have colts over the years truly based that offense on Peyton. Honestly I believe they have based the offense around Manning and that's why no one else can run it with the same production. Then defensively they lost injury prone bob sanders and they look out of place. What's going on in Indianapolis? Did they even know the NFL season started two weeks ago? I don't think they do, and if they do only Reggie Wayne looks like he's playing. Back to Manning, the man is a good quarterback, but with all the targets he's had his career and the offensive line he had for, oh, so many years, he was bound to have the career he had. if everyone remembers Peyton still holds the record for most interceptions thrown in a rookie season, so its not like he's always been great. He became great with what he had around him. Tom Brady had Drew Bledsoe to show him the ropes. and has almost always had an amazing offensive line to keep him upright. Everyone knows the great Brady's Achilles heel has always been he gets happy feet after he gets smacked around a bit.

   Tony Romo is now being proclaimed a tough guy for playing with broken ribs and a punctured lung. Tough yes, Intelligent no. Now he says he's going to play on Sunday. Jerry Jones came out and said he will be the deciding factor if Tony plays or not. We all know Jerry makes a lot of stupid decisions when it comes to his team, lets hope he makes a smart one here. If Tony Romo is suited up on Sunday and is the starter then the NFL should step in and tell him your not playing, seeing how they are OH SOOOO concerned with quarterbacks' health as of late. Anyone who would hit Romo in the chest would have to be fined under this policy. Speaking of fining players, what is to come of Stevie Johnson's "cheap shot" on Eric Berry, which tore Berry's ACL and ended his season the first game of the year. Actually nothing has happened and nothing can happen. cut blocks are legal in the open field, should they be, no. Stevie was definitely lucky he played the system and took out the defense's best player by doing a legal block. I'm going to keep my eye on Stevie fr the rest of the year to see if he tries it again on other teams.