01-15-2017, 12:20 AM
(01-14-2017, 11:26 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Specific to the Cincinnati Bengals, if the entire defense starts laying wood and making ball carriers flinch, then what Vontaze Burfict, George Iloka, and Adam Jones do won't look out of place. Officials won't pull a flag!
Maybe, maybe not. Part of me believes the Steelers get away with dirty hits because they spread out who lays the hits. One week it's Mitchell. Then it's Shazier. Then Dupree. Then the o-line takes some cheap shots. The league can't key in on one guy, ala Burfict.
That said, I have a feeling that if the Bengals played the same way, they'd be vilified and demonized with no mercy by the league and media. The Steelers are the only team with a license to play like it's the 70's.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
