About this time every year there are stories about how the game is more free-flowing, or tackle counts are down, or how high marks are back, or there are more goals, or there is less congestion and then you hit the dog days of winter with more wet weather or windy days, the coaches have learned to shut down any snazzy ball movement systems the other coaches cooked up over the summer, the games becomes a bit of a slog and then the same people spend their time worrying about how scoring has dropped off etc as a way to fill content until the finals roll around.
It’s the way of things.
