09-21-2018, 03:08 PM
(09-21-2018, 11:34 AM)PV Bengal Wrote: I agree 1,000%.
Back in the 50's when the NFL played only 12 games, a 1,000 yard season was miraculous since it was an average of 83.33 YPG.
In the 60s and 70s, when the NFL played 14 games, a 1,000 yard season meant an average of 71.5 YPG. To keep the same "standard" as before, we should have been looking at a 1,100 (actually 1,166) yard season.
Now, with playing 16 games, a back can get 1,000 yards by averaging only 62.5 YPG, yet, to have the same meaning as a 1950's 1,000 yard season, 1,300 yards (actually 1,333) ought to be the standard.
When the NFL goes to 18 games (I think this will happen in under 5 years, a 1,000 yard season will be virtually meaningless since it requires an average of only 55.55 YPG.
Same with 4000 and 5000 yard seasons for QB's. They will lose their meaning. Unfortunately, 18 games seems inevitable.
Greed has a tendency to ruin everything.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
