NFL Asking Teams to Stop Certain Drills (like the Oklahoma)

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(05-23-2019, 10:16 AM)XenoMorph Wrote: yes but at the same time they gotta practice hitting and tackling to do it well come regular season

(05-23-2019, 11:16 AM)pally Wrote: then actually practice hitting and tackling in game-type situations, not in a cage match extravaganza.  If this drill was actually useful in evaluating players abilities, teaching skills, or game performance, it would be more than a one time camp deal and every team would have been using it.  Coaches stopped using it for a reason.

(05-23-2019, 12:37 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: the drill is about shedding your block and making a tackle on the RB  


something our LBers need to do every day after last year.

This drill is about none of those things.  

I hate it because it's just another example of the NFL becoming soft.

Yes, you do need to shed the block and tackle, but it's about intensity, wanting it more than the opponent, and about being fired up.

There was one of our players that ran the drill years ago and it was a small defender that knocked the blocker on his ass and didn't even make the tackle (I believe the back had to run outside of the pads though, so technically he did win), and everyone was saying "what's so great about that?  He didn't even tackle him," but, like I said, it's about intensity and it's just about hard-nosed football.

I understand the less contact, but even just limiting it to one time per player (which it normally is anyways) would be enough to keep it safe.

I hate this.

It gets the team fired up........  just watch this video:

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