Is there a Fire or Zip or Something Else Missing this Year?

[Benton]

(11-07-2016, 12:24 PM)Marlon23 Wrote: Does anyone else feel that something is missing this year... not ONLY with the Bengals but the NFL in General?  If this has been posted sorry, but something feels a miss this year.  We are mid way through the season and the ignition fire is lack luster.  Does anyone else feel this.

Is it due to the commericals
All the Flags/Penalties
Protesting
Rule Changes
Peyton Manning being gone?   I am just saying something is missing I personally Think...
or something else?  

Let me hear what you guys/gals are thinking!

The flags inconsistencies is pretty bad. I was watching Mike & Mike this morning and they were talking about Cam Newton's non-call helmet hits. And my first thought was "if that was Brady, Goodell would have stormed the field, slapped an official and taken a pick from the Rams."

That, and life in general, has cut back on my watching of other teams.

Personally, I prefer watching the defense. Get into the backfield, tackle for a loss, make an interception. The only thing more enjoyable than that is watching a runner break off 50+ yards. And it seems like with the calls, there's less of both of that. Or maybe the parity is so good that we end up with this game where defenses have to play soft and give up 3-4 yards, and offenses have to have to try to play more conservative. Whatever it is, not seeing as much of that is having me catching up on reading while the games are on.