Tom Brady says the NFL has become 'glorified college football'

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NFL offenses are evolving. Mostly for the higher. Teams have never been more green at shifting the ball downfield and a variety of that may be attributed to the adoption of positive standards and philosophies that took over college football earlier than seasoned coaches reluctantly typical them.

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At the identical time, we’ve visible an increasing number of younger quarterbacks come from the university sport and enjoy immediately achievement. There changed into a time not too long ago whilst a rookie quarterback playing nicely was a rarity. Now, it’s anticipated.

Tom Brady says those two traits are tied to one another. During his weekly radio look on WEEI, the Patriots quarterback changed into requested how his yr at the bench in New England helped him as a younger quarterback and why teams are now not retaining rookie quarterbacks at the bench…

It may sound like Brady is worried about the direction of the sport based on those comments, however, take into account, the Patriots have been one of the first NFL teams to include the unfold offense. Or as a minimum positive element of it, along with getting receivers in an area with short passing ideas.

This transition from a more bodily recreation to 1 primarily based extra on talent makes for a better product. For instance, the Browns-Ravens recreation on Sunday changed into a throwback with both teams playing a physical brand of soccer. But it was infrequently watchable. Shootouts are simply more a laugh, and those new “college” offenses (at the side of some assistance from the league’s rulebook) are leading to greater factors.

Brady will get to peer one of these modern day schemes up close and personal when his Patriots take on the Chiefs next Sunday.