It took 23 years to finally push Walter Payton's 275-yard rushing game out of the top spot in the record book. But during his lifetime the Hall of Famer expressed surprise that it had stayed there so long. Payton had also predicted why the record would be broken. And when Bengals running back Corey Dillon romped through the Denver defense for 278 yards last weekend, Payton's comments rang true.
People try to knock people down.
Nobody tackles anymore. Defensive backs don't want to tackle, they just want to knock people down. You see guys break away now and people come up and try to use their shoulders and knock them out. You never see anybody grab anymore. Defensive backs want to try to torpedo people instead of wrapping them up.