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stillers4me
10-06-2011, 06:37 PM
The NFL had no trouble getting back to football.

Getting back to good tackling, however, might take a little longer.

Lost in the eye-popping numbers put up by quarterbacks Tom Brady (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/5228/)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/5228/news), Aaron Rodgers (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7200/)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/7200/news) and running back Darren McFadden (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8781/)(notes) (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8781/news) are the countless numbers of missed tackles that have turned seemingly innocuous plays into game changers.

They're everywhere...........

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Edman
10-06-2011, 07:06 PM
A combination of rust, as in no practice or OTA's, and defenses getting hogtied by Goodell's offense-slanted rules.