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>>321862 Another one of these threads? I notice that it's always the aussies that bring this debate up every 2-3 weeks.
>I don't believe the whole 'tackles are harder' argument though. They're only considered harder because of the overall athletic size and speed defensemen can produce, for example Brian Urlacher and Bob Sanders. Linebackers average about 230-250 lbs, secondary averaging about 190-200 lbs or so. Or you get those big fucker safeties like roy williams who don't know shit about defense except hit as hard as you can, really pisses me off sometimes.
>In Rugby you want to tackle a player and then retrieve the ball, in American football you want to just knock the other player over. It's pretty much the same here, with exceptions. First thing coaches teach players on offense is ball protection. All the time defenders will try and strip the ball, but the main focus is to stop the player from making forward progress. Fumbles, interceptions and other turnovers just come as a big time bonus, and just gives a big confidence boost for the whole team.
>the 'big' hits seemed to be from blindsides, and launching their body with practically no technique to the actual tackle. You don't need much technique with timely big hits. Big hits are much different from actual tackling. If a defender is timing his hit against a WR as the ball travels towards the two, 9/10 times the receiver will not be able to hold onto the catch, unless you're >1. Randy Moss
>I reckon if the players learnt how to tackle & take a tackle they wouldn't need the padding or helmets. Professional players know how to tackle, it's just a different style for different situations than rugby. The only team that doesn't know how to tackle at all are my Lions.
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