—1960 45.29
Let them pile up yards, not points. In the red zone, things start to even out. Passing lanes get crowded, angles for vertical routes diminish.
With the notable exception of the Kansas City Chiefs — the first team to allow no more than 17 points in each of its first nine games since the 1977 Atlanta Falcons — teams can no longer count on shutting down opponents.
—2012 45.51
Minnesota Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said the scoring binge affects strategy.
In fact, there have been 38 interceptions returned for touchdowns this season, the most through nine weeks since the 1970 merger.
Not during the Air Coryell years of the '70s and '80s.
That mark, though, could be relegated to history's dust bin by season's end thanks to overworked secondaries and scoreboards, just in time for a Baby Boomer born that year to collect a gold watch in retirement.

"If you're throwing the ball more there's more risk associated with it," Brees said. "So, you might be scoring more points, but you're also turning the ball over more which gives them opportunities to score more. So I think the combination of that is why maybe that number is higher and it's not just about offenses."
The average game in the NFL this season features 46.7 points.
Back then, three yards and a cloud of dust was still the norm, and the rules didn't yet favor offenses.
It wasn't enough as Dallas prevailed 27-23.
The highest scoring average in a season is 46.5 points.
"At the end of the day the object's to win," Saints QB Drew Brees said. "... So there are different strategies. I don't think anybody's trying to run up the score. People are just trying to operate effectively, get out and get ready for the next week."
"You have to try to find a way to slow those offenses down. You do go into it with a mindset you've got to score 'X' number of points,Cheap Shoes Free Shipping, and then on defense you've got to hold a team to 'X' number of points to have a chance. But that number, it is rising."
—1962 45.21
Not during the Run-and-Shoot and West Coast offense heyday of the 1990s,Wholesale Adidas Shoes China.
While scoring tends to dip along with the colder temperatures, that's on pace to break one of the league's longest-standing records.
"Hold them to 3, don't give up 7," Bailey said in what has become a league-wide motto.
DENVER (AP) — NFL teams are lighting up scoreboards like never before, the game flooded with bigger, faster receivers,Kanken Backpack Cheap UK, dual-threat quarterbacks and a rule book that puts defenders at a decided disadvantage.
And the championship that year was played in a blizzard, with the Eagles beating the Cardinals 7-0, a whimpering end to the greatest scoring binge in NFL history, one that remains a head-scratcher to this day.
With so many passes in the air, you can expect Arena Football-like scores, and its' not just the offenses dancing in the end zone.
—1948 46.48
The mark was set way back in 1948.
Pro Football Hall of Fame Vice President Joe Horrigan said there weren't any rules changes that year to account for the anomaly, but after World War II there were fewer two-way players, so by '48, there was a lot more specialized play on the football field. And, like now, there were some pretty good passers, too.
"What the hell was going on back then?" asked Champ Bailey.
Some teams are still satisfied to start milking the clock with a big lead, but that's becoming less common.
It's just not realistic with today's rules that favor the passing game by protecting the quarterback and his receivers.
Bailey said that when he came into the NFL 15 years ago, cornerbacks would be castigated by coaches and teammates alike if they gave up a few catches. Now,Brad Kaaya Jersey, as long as it's between the 20-yard lines, nobody blinks an eye.
So far, there have been 17 400-yard passing performances,Adam Duvall Jersey, just one shy of the most ever for a full season, set in 2011, and quarterbacks are on pace to set NFL records for combined passer rating, completion percentage and total passing yards per game.
Chances are you can win a bar bet by asking somebody to tell you when that mark was set.
All this has led to a change in everything from the coaches' game-day blueprints to their sideline strategies and even the attitudes of the men playing the game.
—1950 45,Nike Schuhe Gr