I think coordinated group celebrations for touchdowns is lame as hell. I’m all for a good spike or doing the Griddy, but I think it just looks so lame when it turns into a big group thing. It’s the complete opposite of “act like you’ve been there”.
Even worse is when the defense gets a celebration and he starts waving everyone over and the whole defense runs 50 yards down the field to do a group celebration or they pose for a picture together in the end zone.
I would say that I agree for the most part and I would for sure want them to be more on the cautious side when deciding if a tackle is worth the risk or not, but there are definitely situations where I would want them to go for it no matter what. If it’s the very end of a game that decides if you make the playoffs or not, the QB is the only one between the defensive player and the defense, and it’s going to be a walk off pick 6, then yeah, I want them to go for the tackle. For all you know, this is the closest your team will come to the playoffs for the next decade. You don’t want to just let them go because you just hope to make it that far again next year. A game that decides if you make the playoffs is just as important as the actual playoff game.
I would say it depends completely on the context. If it’s the last 5 minutes of a close do or die game to make the playoffs and they are just trying to run a guy down from behind and can tackle him by tripping him up at the legs, then hell yeah, go for it.
If it’s like week 2 during a blow out and there’s a prime Kam Chancellor sized dude running full speed right at them, then hell no. Get out of the way and live to fight another day.
This is my big “old man” moment, but I hate it when the defense gets an interception and then they all go running 50 yards down the field together to pose for a picture. It’s just lame. The complete opposite of “act like you’ve been there”