James Hurst theorizes on when the players started to separate from DA

sfidc3 said

I could understand this POV but points scored is still a tiebreaker in the NFL......so, TBH, what you are spewing is total BS.......

Competitive sports has never been about being nice, coaches and players are paid to win and score (or stop the other team from scoring)....period....

The rest is just noise.....if you want to stop the other team from scoring play better.....

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Back when I coached U16 soccer, I had parents and coaches of opposing teams mad at me because my team never won by fewer than 10 goals. I had a ringer team made up mostly of JV guys, a few who were state All-Stars, and my brother who played right mid for me was in the Olympic Development Program for the USMNT. I told them I didn't care about how they felt because point differential determined state playoff seeding. I told them if they didn't want my team to win by double digits, then stop us on the pitch. It's probably why I like(d) Payton so much as a coach.

I was on the receiving end of some beatdowns in soccer and football growing up. It didn't make me whine or complain; it made me determined to play better/harder and not let it happen again.