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Nothing is really new in today's NFL

By Russell S. Baxter
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 3, 2003

The chances that someone has come up with something new in the NFL these days is miniscule at best. Historically, using game terminology, the NFL has always been a "two-gap" league in terms of putting excitement into the game. They read and react. We've seen numerous rule changes in the last few decades all designed to put bigger numbers on the scoreboard. In the early 1970s, football was played quite differently than we know today. There was emphasis on the running game and tough defense. Fou ...

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