The league's emphasis on bubble-wrapping the QB has really changed the way the game is played, because you can barely hit them at all anymore. Same with receivers, you can't hit them or cover them the same way you used to be able to.
Almost every rule change in recent years has skewed things away from the ground game and toward the passing game. You also have officials looking closely for these things they are told by the league office that we're calling now, and missing things like holding calls.
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