[JL8Jeff]

After watching the game last night, I was making the point to my brother about defenders not know how to tackle anymore and they all just dive headfirst at the player with the ball. It happened on 70-80% of the plays. Guys were diving at runners knees and lower! You can't say the helmet to helmet is accidental when every defender on the field is going at the runner head first. They aren't tackling as much as knocking the runner off his feet. I had never realised the game had gotten this bad until you watch it from that perspective. The injuries are getting worse and more common so they do need to change something. But the refs calling things differently is the real problem.