Has the NFL run out of good ideas?

When you recycle coaches throughout this league, this will happen.

It seems to me that just last season John Fox in Denver invented a pretty unique offense, showing the rest of the league how to get to the playoffs with a quarterback who really wasn't much at throwing the ball.

And then, Bill Belichick figured out how to stuff that offense and shut it down.

Ideas don't win football games..........great talent wins football games.

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Originally posted 08:23 AM ET  08.31 by Debbie Does

It seems to me that just last season John Fox in Denver invented a pretty unique offense, showing the rest of the league how to get to the playoffs with a quarterback who really wasn't much at throwing the ball.And then, Bill Belichick figured out how to stuff that offense and shut it down.

That was about the only game Belichick figured out how to shut an offense down. The Pats defense was second worst in the NFL last season.

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Originally posted 08:25 AM ET  08.31 by drip drop

That was about the only game Belichick figured out how to shut an offense down. The Pats defense was second worst in the NFL last season.

We all know that...thank you! Didn't they somehow get to the Super Bowl though!

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Originally posted 08:25 AM ET  08.31 by drip drop

That was about the only game Belichick figured out how to shut an offense down. The Pats defense was second worst in the NFL last season.

In yards given up, yes. In points allowed, which is what counts on the scoreboard, they were somewhere in the middle of the league.

But when Eli got the ball back at the end of the Superbowl, I knew we were up that creek without a paddle. That defense last year couldn't do it when it counted.

We don't need brilliant new ideas and glam to make football great. Just keep train-wreck players, big hits, and close rivalries and we'll all keep watching.

At its core, football is a very basic game. Gimmicks might give a team a temporary advantage, but good fundamentals will prevail in the long run. Look at the teams that are perenially in the playoffs (Steelers, Ravens, Giants, Pats, Colts) - nothing fancy, just solid play on both sides of the ball.

I'd like to see kickoffs go back to the 30 yd line once again.

Here's an idea... stop sissy-fying the game, let there be kick-off returns, hard hits without penalties,fines and suspensions, and let men play the game as they have for years.

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Originally posted 08:33 AM ET  08.31 by Bandbum003

We don't need brilliant new ideas and glam to make football great. Just keep train-wreck players, big hits, and close rivalries and we'll all keep watching.

It was never gimmicks that made it so popular. It is the game itself. The Roman Colosseum gladiator syndrome. There is a finality to every game that no other sport can duplicate. It is raw and etched in stone when done. We like that. We like that a lot.

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Originally posted 08:35 AM ET  08.31 by THE BISHOP!

I'd like to see kickoffs go back to the 30 yd line once again.

While I'm at it, I'd like to see a return to leather helmets as well.

Here's an idea for them:

Settle all the labor disputes early in the offseason. Don't let us get to pre-season with players locked out, substitute refs, scab parking-lot attendants or fat "replacement" cheerleaders.

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Originally posted 08:50 AM ET  08.31 by THE BISHOP!

While I'm at it, I'd like to see a return to leather helmets as well.

When they go back to "retro" uniforms, they should play by the rules that were in place when those uniforms were worn.

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Originally posted 08:35 AM ET  08.31 by THE BISHOP!

I'd like to see kickoffs go back to the 30 yd line once again.

I'd like to see The Wall Street Journal stick to Wall Street...

Puleese! Stop lifting sport stories from the WSJ.

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Originally posted 08:57 AM ET  08.31 by Rolling Snowflake

I'd like to see The Wall Street Journal stick to Wall Street...

Heh heh heh heh....

Sneak down there some night and paint the roadway with contact cement....

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Originally posted 08:30 AM ET  08.31 by TxHeat

We all know that...thank you! Didn't they somehow get to the Super Bowl though!

Yes they did get to the super Bowl because of their high powered offense. Their defense was terrible.

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Originally posted 08:59 AM ET  08.31 by 50yearfan

Puleese! Stop lifting sport stories from the WSJ.

I read it every day. A great publication.