Thursday, October 21, 2010

Tackling: Old era vs new era

OLD NFL HIGHLIGHTS: The tackles in this film are all clean


MODERN ERA NFL HIGHLIGHTS: The tackles in this video are almost all of the "blow-up" variety, many are direct hits to the head. Beyond safety, head hits actually make a defenders job easier because when you take a head out, you effectively cut the legs out of a powerful opponent. A head hit often causes an offensive player to completely lose his bearing. That is not football, it's cheating.

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