Denver Broncos: Critics are wrong to say Defense is Dirty
Football is a dangerous sport
Football is a dangerous sport. Helmets are concussion chambers, and this reality has become more uncomfortable as the players have grown bigger, stronger, and faster while the surface they play on has remained the same size.
Something needs to change or this game will continue to become more confusing, bureaucratic, and perilous, and that movement has to be demanded by the fans. It’s ironic how many Americans despise socialism and big government, yet adore a league centered around equal revenue sharing, and governed by a New York City towerful of lawyers controlled by 32 billionaires who are granted monopoly status by the federal government.
The Broncos defense isn’t dirty, they’re just the most obvious example of the hypocrisy at the heart of the NFL rulebook (and the game itself). Their depth allows them to play more fresh downs than any other team in recent memory, and most of these so-called “dirty hits” (and a couple actual dirty hits) have come in the 2nd half when the opposing offense began to wane.
You could take a sampling of shots around the league every weekend that look just as bad what Denver has done over these first two weeks (Stewart’s hits excepted). The Broncos are the focus simply because they produce more of these violent collisions than other teams because they’re a bunch of badasses hellbent on restoring defense to its rightful place atop the football order.