Evolution of the NFL: Has the Game Declined?

The Bill Barnwell Show

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4.4 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode of The Bill Barnwell Show, Nate Tice joins the show to break down how the game has evolved. They discuss whether defenses have progressively become better or if offenses have become worse over time and the impact of fantasy football on the game. Then, they discuss the disconnect between people's perceptions of the game and the reality of the data. Later, they break down if tackling is the best it has ever been in NFL history. Plus, they discuss Tom Brady's past comments about the quality of play and how technology has changed the game. 4:10 Favorite sports memories 7:45 Was football better in the past? 13:30 Have defenses increased in skill across the league or have offenses gotten worse over time 15:00 Impact of fantasy football on the perception of the game 18:30 What is ideal football? 23:00 Disconnect between what people perceive and reality 30:05 Is tackling now the best in NFL history? 40:00 Tom Brady's comments about the quality of play 50:00 How has technology changed the game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to the Bill Barnwell show.
0:09.1	I am Bill Barnwell.
0:10.6	Today, let's spare the usual nonsense, no need to do a lengthy intro.
0:16.3	You know this man.
0:17.0	He does wonderful work for Yahoo.
0:18.8	He has been all over the place.
0:20.7	He is a good friend of mine, a former quarterback, a former coach, a man whose knowledge
0:27.7	fuels the football internet.
0:30.0	It is my buddy Nate Tice.
0:31.8	Nate, what's up?
0:33.1	I kind of like the at first, there was no intro and the, uh, I thought you're going to
0:37.3	give me the Chris Candido no gimmicks needed.
0:39.9	And so I was pretty, I was pretty fired up for that intro and I'm going to still stick with
0:43.8	it.
0:44.0	Yes, I am extremely happy to be here with my friend Bill Barnwell.
0:48.7	I see you most more of the band band bigelow if we're going to be debating which.
0:52.4	Oh, agile big man agile big man could do some
0:55.5	cartwheels i feel like yes um you have hair so i can't see your scalp maybe maybe a maybe a scalp
1:01.1	tattoo yeah no no scalp tattoo yet but uh i don't know if i could do a moon salt either he he could do that
1:08.2	kind of quasi big guy moon salt right i don't know if it's really a moon. It was
1:12.4	like a half moon that they would do where they would say, oh yeah, this big guy can really move.
1:17.2	And then they kind of just tumble backwards as they go. But bam, bam, bam rocked. Bambeam was like one of
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