Maybe It's Just Me...

Maybe it's just me, but football, as much as I love the game, is missing itself.

Offenses are simply blaisé at best and the defenses are no better. A lot of it has to do with player safety, which I am for...we do not need any more Dave Duerson's or Junior Seau's.

But some of the player safety issues takes away what was great about the game. When you were hit by Dick Lane, you knew it. You knew WHY Jack Tatum was called "The Assassin". You just knew. You felt it.

Growing up, I got to see men like Jack Lambert, Gary Fencik, Howie Long play. Men who played on defenses with names.

There was "The Fearsome Foursome"; "Monsters of the Midway"; "The Purple People Eaters"; "The Steel Curtain". Names that struck fear.

Even the Offensive line of the Bears had a scary name: "The Black and Bruise Brothers". And let's not forget "The Hawgs" from the Washington Redskins.

Maybe it's just me, but I would like to see some of the fear of defenses back. Maybe give them names that strike fear.

But, that's just me.