The NFL opened with a scoring binge and defenses getting ‘faces kicked in’ — why it’s not just a fluke

Fuente: New York Post

It is difficult to pinpoint whether the offensive outburst that defined Week 1 of the NFL season is a waypoint or the endpoint on the road back from years of decreased scoring. Not to fingerpoint, but it was Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio who sparked this offensive progression when he first appointed a matchup zone with two safeties over the top as the defensive scheme to copy for taking away big plays. If you think you just read a lot of compound words including “point,” consider that teams tied the Super Bowl-era record in Week 1 (set in 2012) with 791 combined points scored, which averages out to 49.