Rugby is a contact sport; Football is a collision sport.

@danielhowell167

Күн бұрын

If football was played without helmets it would become less of a collision sport. The false security that a helmet offers is what gives guys the boldness to make these kinds of violent plays.

@charlesvincent4127

Күн бұрын

@@danielhowell167 nah helmets are an outgrowth of the game they didn't used to wear them then they wore padded leather caps then hard helmets with face protection same with the other pads they wear.

@danielhowell167

Күн бұрын

@@charlesvincent4127 they also didn’t used to have spear tackles, until helmets w/ facemasks were introduced..

@charlesvincent4127

Күн бұрын

@@danielhowell167 Thats factually incorrect. "The spear tackle technique predates the introduction of helmets in football. It was used even before protective headgear became standard equipment. However, the technique was eventually banned due to safety concerns, especially after the introduction of helmets."

@danielhowell167

Күн бұрын

@@charlesvincent4127 I’m sorry I should have been more specific. I meant head-driven contact directed at the head of an opposing player.

These hits were mostly legal when they took place, but direct head to head hits in the open field are no longer allowed.

@zibbitybibbitybop

14 күн бұрын

Same for a lot of the hits on a defenseless receiver in this compilation, they're all blatantly illegal now.

@trith72

6 күн бұрын

But..with that said..they still happen, a lot.

Pads and helmets aside. These guys hit each other so hard it's like two cars colliding. A few Rugby players have made the cut in the NFL, the NFL looks all around the world for anyone who they think can make it. It's a whole different animal. Even with the rule changes it's a very violent sport.

@kevinexline5392

19 күн бұрын

As the old adage goes… “rugby is a contact sport - football is a collision sport.” The contact in football can be absolute violence sometimes.

@colinlagesse4896

19 күн бұрын

Fact of the matter is pads make people MORE reckless. In rugby without padding, the responsibility is on the player to tackle safely because there's nothing to aid them. In football, people feel like they're wearing armor so they're less concerned with their safety.

@nurseshrek

16 күн бұрын

I saw an interview with Terry Bradshaw one time, he spoke about the size of some of the largest players, saying taking a full speed hit from one of those guys is like getting hit with a coke machine

@jishani1

15 күн бұрын

@@colinlagesse4896 Football players are all insanely athletic as well. Soccer players are lean, hockey players are big and stocky. Football players are big, stocky, lean, fast and strong. Wide receivers tend to be above 6'5 in the NFL, and they're the quick nimble guys.

@MattHadder

13 күн бұрын

It's like 2 cars colliding at about 2 mph.

Doctors have repeatedly said tackles in American football are the equivalent of some car accidents. I like rugby. But it's definitely not the same universe

@PhraterOx

7 күн бұрын

I know Rugby players don't wear pads but their average player size is 6'1" and 266-308lbs. Daughters of NFL players are bigger than that. lol

@InfiniteKhaos

7 күн бұрын

@@PhraterOx The daughters are probably stronger too...

@9BallBory

13 сағат бұрын

@@PhraterOxwho’s average size is that? Neither nfl or rugby have the avg weight even close to 300. Rugby is smaller than nfl but neither are that bog

Those pads don’t make getting hit by 300lbs of muscle hurt much less.

@InfiniteKhaos

19 күн бұрын

Not at all. The intention is to reduce injury, not pain. These are some of the biggest and fastest people on the planet and they run into each other at full speed. Anyone that argues the pads make the sport soft is flat out ignorant of how violent the hits are.

@TommyQim-jk1dl

17 күн бұрын

Pads actually make the players feel like they can hit you harder

@kg4wwn

16 күн бұрын

I would say they make it hurt more. If only because without them on some of these you'd never feel pain again.

@Jefe_9555

7 күн бұрын

HOTTY TODDY

@ImThe5thKing

3 күн бұрын

@@InfiniteKhaos Yeah, the pads were originally meant for protection, but it's clear players quickly figured out that they're more effective as weapons than protection devices

This a mix of all American Football. It is not just the NFL.

@CaseyinTexas

17 күн бұрын

@@tishbite606 There was lots of clips of high school and college plays. I've watched enough high school football clips to know that high school players are absolutely ruthless on their hits because they're out there trying to impress collegiate scouts, in hopes of getting a full ride scholarship from a top university. Collegiate players hit even harder because they want to impress pro scouts.

You're right about the knees. Many a player's career has ended by a shot to the knees.

4:45 There's a "targeting" rule in college football now - if you lead with your helmet into another guy's helmet, not only is it a 15-yard penalty and a first down, but you get ejected for the rest of the game and half of the following game.

@kylewood2715

6 күн бұрын

First half of the next game, only if the penalty occurred during the second half of the game being played.

@drtidrow

6 күн бұрын

​@@kylewood2715Okay, I thought it was the rest of the game, _plus_ the first half of the next game

@drd2005channel

6 күн бұрын

This is also in the NFL and the UFL as well. They did that to try to reduce the number of concussions players are getting and it does help a little but not by much when you get hit head on by a 250 lb player running at 20 mph head on and your head hits the ground from a shoulder tackle.

@goldosprey

13 сағат бұрын

@@drtidrow Depends on when it happened. But you were both right to a degree

Next you need to see "Best Jukes In Football History", "NFL's Most Athletic Plays Of All Time", "Barry Sanders 50 Most Ridiculous Plays Of All Time", and "The NFL Combine (2022, 2023, or 2024)" or such so that you can see the incredible size, strength, and athleticism of these remarkable athletes that play in the NFL.

@angiepen

23 күн бұрын

Yes, this. The Jukes and Athletic Plays videos are both awesome. :)

@jkgaming0565

23 күн бұрын

Definitely

@elijahfoster2

22 күн бұрын

"Best Jukes In Football History" is one of the best videos

@jimburg621

16 күн бұрын

Man, Barry was so good, some Bo Jackson too. we where so lucky to see these men play.

@drtidrow

15 күн бұрын

​@@elijahfoster2 A fair number of clips from "Barry Sanders 50 Most Ridiculous Plays Of All Time" wound up in this video... he was the juke master!

Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski played tight end for the Patriots and said that it felt like he was in a car accident when every game ended. And he was 6’6” (1.98m) and 265 lbs (120 kg)

@ImThe5thKing

3 күн бұрын

JJ Watt said he misses playing, and that feeling on gameday before kickoff, but he doesn't miss the pain on the next day and the day after

I sit here watching this now in my mid 50's with my feet propped up after a long day of work and look at the swollen knees and right ankle that now are arthritic because of old football injuries. And ya know what? I'd do it all again to play the greatest sport on the planet.

@user-mv4be1tc2u

23 күн бұрын

Yea my right knee is old football injury, I was walking across the yard and stepped on a football 🏈 😂

@zgdafzgdaf4264

19 күн бұрын

I’m mid 50s with knee and back problems.. I only played backyard football when in grade school. Wished I had played organized football. Instead it was soccer and baseball.

@jonathanbair523

18 күн бұрын

If I did not screw up my knees jumping out of trees, football did the rest of the job... LOL.. When I watch clips like this, the song " I am not as good as I once was." comes to mind... If you gave me a shot on a good tackle football with out pads, part of me would want to jump at it... The other part would be asking if I am nuts as my body couldn't take it.... BUT I WOULD BE TEMPED!!!! LOL

@aarongauthier8455

18 күн бұрын

Surprisingly my knees are a okay lol, my back on the other hand is a different story. But yea if I could I’d go back and do it all over again

@DonutVIP

14 күн бұрын

In my 30s, I still have a few scars from playing, straight up, no pads, and hurts, but you feel alive asf, we never go for the knee, just wist. Now, would I play it again, you bet!

These types of hits have been regulated out of the game due to the concussion implications. They rarely happen anymore.

"His helmet came off." As long as his head wasn't in it, everything is fine.

@jonathanbair523

18 күн бұрын

LOL I can attest to that!!!! I was on a kick off play, I shot the seam perfectly pulled 3 guys to block me.. Well they hit me about the same time and I was a ping pong in the middle of them 3.... BEST PLAY EVER... Tho I did need to shake my head clear a bit before I could walk.. LOL

Excellent!! A lot of that footage was older, stuff you couldn't get by with now, but it sure was fun to watch! Roll Tide!!

The two hardest hitting teams in the 1970s were the Pittsburgh Steeler's and the Steel Curtain defense with Mean Joe Greene, and 1970s Oakland Raiders coached by John Madden. Back then even us high schooler's put a slobber knocker on our opponents.

@user-mv4be1tc2u

23 күн бұрын

Tatum.

@bbqujeh

23 күн бұрын

@@user-mv4be1tc2u The Assassin!

@user-mv4be1tc2u

23 күн бұрын

@@bbqujeh for sure, I was skeered just watching that dude on TV 😄

@robw7158

8 күн бұрын

"Mad Man" Jack Lambert

There are a few different rules in place now. No Crack Back blocks (Hitting a players blind side), No hitting a "Defenseless" player(WR in the air unable to protect themselves) now they also have a new rule No Hip Drop Tackle. Basically you cant pull the guy to the ground from behind. Personally they are starting to put to much of the game in the Ref's hands and forcing them to make the very difficult game changing calls. In my opinion and from playing tackle football, you know what you signed on for. It's a hard hitting, fierce, adrenaline and emotion filled sport lets keep it that way.

@mainlyyogurt

20 күн бұрын

they are trying to prevent potential life changing injuries like severe leg breaks and tendon and ligament tears. its a saftey thing man

@TheBalty

19 күн бұрын

@@mainlyyogurt You can make the "Saftey" argument for almost any tackle or hit. Why now? Why not have a rule like that years ago after LT broke Thieismann's leg with a tackle from behind? The Ref's are having a hard enough time with the rules that are in place now. Or did you not watch last season? I get trying to limit head an neck injures but if a defensive player is chasing down the ball carrier what do you except the defensive player to do? Teleport in front of the guy and tackle him? Dive at his ankles? Dive at his knees? Or just give up on the play lol?

@InfiniteKhaos

19 күн бұрын

Crack back isn't a players blind side. That is still 100% legal. A crack back is when the player blocking is moving towards their own goal line. Like a receiver hitting someone backwards rather then laterally or pushing them forward. Hence the term "crack back"

@TheBalty

18 күн бұрын

@@InfiniteKhaos yup your right my bad. Shit gets confusing man lol

@InfiniteKhaos

18 күн бұрын

@@TheBalty Not your bad. I don't think the refs understand the rules either lol. With that being said I hope they find a way to make it easier, people don't want to watch something that makes no sense. It only makes sense to me because I've been watching for 30+ years. Refs have no excuse for getting as many calls wrong as they do.

American football is a collision sport.

That face mask around 1:45 actually used to be legal back then: one player abused it so much though that they made it illegal

@rancidmarmot1994

13 күн бұрын

Dick Butkus! He was an absolute animal and one of my all-time favorites!

@r.awilliams9815

13 күн бұрын

@@rancidmarmot1994 Yeah, him and Night Train Lane were infamous for the facemask grabs. Lane was also notorious for the forearm shiver, which is clearly demonstrated at 1:18, although I can't identify the players involved.

@rancidmarmot1994

13 күн бұрын

@r.awilliams9815 Yeah, Night Train was a wrecking ball! Those were the good ol days back before they forced defenses to treat quarterbacks like ballerinas.

@PhilipDavid-ew5gt

7 күн бұрын

This was everything from peewee meaning kids to high school college and nfl

I remember a sports science show that put measuring devices on athletes to determine the speed and force they either moved or hit with. Quentin Jammer, who played cornerback for the then-San Diego Chargers, was used to measure the impact of a football tackle. Jammer, who was about 6 feet tall and 204 lbs (93 kg), was able to deliver a tackle with a force of a car hitting a wall at 35 mph (56 kilometers/hour)

There are quite a few rules concerning dangerous tackles and many of these plays would be flagged today. On a pass you cannot hit the intended receiver until they have the ball and make a “football move”. There are also certain types of tackles that are prohibited, but the penalty would be something like a horse collar (pulling a player down by grabbing inside of the back of the pads). As for hits off the ball, those are blocks and as long as they are part of the play perfectly legal - blocking someone no longer involved in the play is not.

@kylegriffith4214

23 күн бұрын

All the blocks wouldn’t be legal, crack back blocks aren’t allowed anymore.

@kylegriffith4214

23 күн бұрын

I’ll rephrase, blind side crack back blocks. If they see you coming that’s fine lol

@InfiniteKhaos

19 күн бұрын

Not true at all. A receiver doesn't have to make a "football move" before he can be hit... That's part of the criteria to rule a pass a catch. Receivers can get smacked as soon as they touch the ball, there is no rule saying defenders haver to wait for them to catch it...🤦🏼‍♂️ The amount of ignorance of people in this comment section is baffling.

"I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately. Unless it was, you know, important-like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus, Chicago Bears, often considered one of the best linebackers in history

Dangerous tackles in football is leading with the head, that's why they changed it to tackle with your shoulder. This was most likely due to spinal injuries and to prevent the target from getting either knocked out from a head-to-head tackle or more damage from a head-to-chest.

Dope reaction man. Appreciate the energy!

When they lower their helmet to tackle someone head first are the scariest ones. That’s when players end up paralyzed or worse. I was watching the lions and jets when Reggie Brown was injured. It was so bad, they had to preform CPR on him to save his life.

@1:52, that punter is AUSTRALIAN TOO

1:54 what made that hit even more... rude so to say. This was during the Pro Bowl, the, at the time, End of the Year All-Star Game in Hawaii. usually the players didn't hit this hard. but the Late Sean Taylor (the player making the hit) only had one gear and that was "Go!"

Ok, so I am an American who played football in high school rugby in college in the 90's. From my experience you get bigger hits in football as players use the pads and helmets as weapons. That being said rugby can be a more brutal game, it's more like group wrestling,. Football is a swift strike, where rugby is a long battle. The day after football you felt like you had been in a car accident, the day after rugby you felt like the car dragged you down the road. I loved both games..

@jeffdegrande2620

20 күн бұрын

Agree....played a lot more Football than Rugby. Rugby has a ton of constant movement like Soccer...Football has breaks...and thats why Football hits have more energy behind them. I did notice playing Rugby that...without the Pads...people did tend to get Hurt way more when over doing it...I avoided Injury playing Rugby because I understood how to hit someone at full speed with Pads on...and knew when to back off to avoid injury.....LOVE BOTH SPORTS!

@jonathanbair523

18 күн бұрын

I have only played American Football, as a kid into my 20's I wish I got the chance to learn Rugby as it looks FUN!!!! Now at 40 years old, lol my body just dose not have that drive to take the impacts... Sighs....

@chaddnewman2699

17 күн бұрын

They introduced rugby as an intramural sport at my college while I was there. Most of the players had played football in high school. The first set of games involved numerous broken collarbones and dislocated shoulders. The school had to go back and train us to do proper rugby tackles as opposed to what we were trained to do in football. Both sports are brutal in their own way and good fun.

The days of the "Big Boys" has largely faded in the era of more mobility, but you only need to look back into the 1980's at William "The Refrigerator" Perry, who at 6'2" and 335lbs was one of the largest to play as a full-back and did well as a defensive lineman. In one play as a fullback covering for Walter Payton, he actually picked up Payton when he had gotten bogged down in the coverage and carried him a ways until the play was blown dead as he was not allowed to do that.

This year, we will be enduring endless ref debates on the definition of a "drop tackle". Times have changed. 😂

Pads are just as much for protection as they are for hitting even harder.

It was awesome finding your channel man! I took a fullback’s helmet to the side of my knee in middle school. Snapped my femur in half and dislocated my kneecap. Every time I see the guys get folded in half, I get an ache in my right leg

You'd be surprised how many of those guys who get knocked down, just get up and head back to the huddle. Also, these guys may bigger because of all the pads, but even without the pads these guys are still massive. During the off season. they will spend hours in the weight rooms adding 20 to 30+ pounds in muscle weight..

I played Football, defensive lineman, I can tell you at the end of the game it often felt like I had been in a car accident. I injured my knees several times. Had to have a couple knee surgeries and still have knee problems. I really miss playing though, I would do it all over again if I could.

One of my favorite football videos

The best commentary for this “ahh” “ohhh” “nice”

0:32 I will never forget my boy Bam Bam hitting Vernon Davis so hard in the chest, Davis got a concussion.

I already knew what video it was before I came in. From the thumbnail I could hear "Here comes the boom". This is old as hell, there are some bigger hits nowadays as well

The fact that there are guys that are big enough and strong enough to just catch 200 pounds coming at full running force, and just throw them down is spooky

90%(maybe more lol) of these tackles nowadays would result in a suspension and a huge fine, this era of football was brutal

Now these guys are huge and powerful. We drafted a 350 pounder that ran a 4.7 40

If the target doesn't have the ball, the guy hitting him is technically "blocking." The idea is that the tackler's guy has the ball, and the tacklee might be trying to (or might eventually, possibly in a different game... :) ) tackle the ball-carrier, so a guy on the ball-carrier's team takes him out before he can. If you watch more of this stuff, every now and then you'll see the guy with the ball running with a couple of his own guys near him, and the commentators will say he "has an entourage." Those guys are supposed stick near him to block or tackle anyone who might be going after the guy with the ball. Same idea.

We have an unnecessary roughness rule. There are various things that fall under said rule. Late hit out of bounds, roughing the passer, targeting (College Football), hitting with the crown of the helmet, helmet to helment against a defensless player, blindside block. A few others. Some of those hits on kick returners could have been avoided. Returners have the option to wave their hand above their head before the ball arrives, for a fair catch. They give up the ability to return the kick in return they don't get tackled. The play is over when they catch the ball. Also in the NFL and in High School, one can opt for a free kick after a fair catch. Those are VERY rare, and are most likely to happen at the end of a half, or a game. Last successful fair catch kick in the NFL was in the 1970s. If you didn't see a flag thrown, it was probably legal when the hit happened.

I love these clips and rodeo clips.

Check out "Lyle Ozado" Defensive lineman for the Oakland Raiders, he was an Animal. Lotta vids of his work, if you were the QB you better hide! Depends on the year, always changes. You get there same time as the ball, u call that one!

NFL hospital passes, and NFL cheap shots, and or NFL ejections MLB head shots. Some of those pitches are over 90 miles an hour and I believe there is INE head shot ball to bat then ball to pitchers head at 104 miles per hour. Also look into these NFL players, Larry Alen, Lyle Alzado, Lawrence Taylor, Bill Romanowski, and Bo Jackson.

It’s actually crazy once you notice the size of these guys too, they all look normal because they are all next to eachother and see lol massive. But those linebackers hitting that hard are like 6’3 230 coming at speed a human that size should never be able to go.

Played 3 seasons for the Northside Rhinos in Brisbane and was privileged enough to play against a HS team from New Mexico and one from Arizona. Both games ended with concussions. I’m sure I would of made the highlight reel from the hits haha

Our kids start playing football at around 4th or 5th grade with midget football. My son played for 3 years (5th through 7th grade). He was an offensive/defensive lineman. Before he even started playing for real, Momma taught him how to make and take a hit (Dad had nothing to do with it). Momma didn't realize that sonny-boy was going to be a destructive force on his team. His teammates would "bully" him until game time. He eventually learned that they did it because it made him "mean" and he took it out to the field and made the plays. This kid could take down kids who not only had height on him, but size. He dragged three bigger boys down the field 10 yards before they got him down during one game. Any hit that doesn't make you bleed, break something, or kill you...walk it off. I'll only start to worry if they bring out the stretcher. I expected him to get hurt. But then, I didn't expect him to be the one with the tackle that hurt someone else. That was a huge wake up for Momma. From that first game through the last, Momma was proud of her "Mean Bean", later "Tank, Jr.", and finally "Lemmy" Metalhead.

Some of those helmet removing hits were so hard, they have to check the helmet to make sure it's empty...

I would think most of these hits are older. Lots of rule changes to protect the players have been implemented but boys will be boys and it’s still American football!

Some Canadian Football in there too. Most of these hits are illegal today. Too many brain injuries.

Best way I’ve ever heard rugby and football explained in way of differences is simply this. Rugby by is a contact sport whereas football is a collision sport.

There's an even more violent American sport - PBR (Pro Bull Riding) The cowboy has to stay on a bull for 11 seconds and often doesn't. "What a tackle!" in ruby or US football doesn't come close to "Ooh, he stepped on him." in PBR.

Those high low tackles can be career Enders

It's amazing to me how most people never realize the pads and helmets are weapons, not protection

"Above the waste their padded and their fine" I promise you as someone who played from 8th grade to college you are not always fine lol. The pads only do so much but you still feel the hits and can still have your upper body hurt really bad

I’m not sure if this is mentioned elsewhere in the comments but it is important to understand that a lot of these plays are now illegal in the rules of American football. Any kind of contact initiated with the head of the defender or directed towards the head of an offensive player is now illegal. Blindside hits by blockers against defenders are also illegal in many cases. There is no place in the sport for these kinds of dangerous (and in almost every case unnecessary) plays. I grew up as a kid enamored with these kinds of hits and played with lots of tenacity and aggression in my 12 year playing career, but there is far too much evidence that points to the devastating long-term consequences of brain trauma in football. I still love a good violent tackle/block but when it is performed in a way that is safe for both players. Cheers!

There were twelve deaths a year playing American football before they introduced pads and helmets. The pads are necessary.

i feel like the prottection gives them the confidence to just full send it every time

Sports Science was a show a few years ago where they used Science to explain certain situations in sports. They proved where having equipment on is worse than not having any because of the energy transfer. I had thought the opposite my entire life before I saw that episode

You should watch Barry Sanders NFL highlights. As a rugby guy you will love it. He was amazing.

Not pro ball, but I can remember steamrolling players, and getting steam rolled. It's no joke

Hockey and Rugby players wear armor to not get hurt. Football players wear armor, to not die.

No one ever mentions in reactions to this "Greatest Hits" video that half of those hits were College and several were High School games...

@cirrustate8674

4 күн бұрын

And one peewee game.

the pads cause a similar effect as boxing gloves. the illusion of protection on the part of the one doing the hitting causes them to commit more force to it. also it's probably been explained but the hits on the people who don't have the ball are usually a player blocking the opposition from tackling the one with the ball

Worth mentioning: not all of these are the NFL. There’s college, high school and Pop Warner games in there.

I was at 4 of these games, including that opening hit.

As a gen x We play Rugby as kids for fun football tackles, but we call it football. We had no pads as kids.

“Up above the waist they’re padded they’re fine” unfortunately it barely helps when the dude that hits you is 6,2 plus 230 plus pounds.

There's ALOT more rules when it comes to tackling in the NFL then there was in the past 👌. . .

Despite the numerous improvements made to the equipment to increase the safety of the players there’s still very high injury rates, everything from broken bones, concussions, minor to severe cuts. It’s definitely a dangerous sport in fact the force of 2 players colliding has been compared to a head on car crash at 20mph.

i used to play both rugby and american football,let me say no matter what you think rugby was much more physical. enjoyed the vid. much love from a long time Lock.

Stuff like this is why they have to wear all that gear. Some people actually died or were permanently injured on the field during the game before the gear. Some still do get badly injured occasionally, and TBI is very common in later life.

it's terrifying to see how quickly the human body can reverse direction with some of those tackles, and while the sport is safer than it used to be thanks to rule changes that are a long time coming it's still crazy to think of teens wrecking themselves before they even get to college, to then wreck themselves in college for a chance to play professionally

A lot of the hits away from the ball are technically blocks. The offense can block a defender to keep them away from the ball-carrier, as long as they don't hold them. So, no wrap-up tackling, but if you smash into a guy and he happens to fall over, well, that's just a clean hard block.

The pads make the players hit even harder. In fact, there are more injuries with the pads than there used to be without. It's similar in boxing. Once they started using the padded gloves, the boxers could throw harder punches, and the incidents of injury went way up.

Helmet to helmet, launching and Horsecollar tackles are all illegal. The horsecollar is the most likely to cause injury though and has ended a lot of ppls careers not just in the NFL but in all ages. Its a ACL killer.

I suppose that answers the question of why they wear the pads and crash helmets... Doing the math, a collision between the top running back in the NFL and the top linebacker would, to someone stationary, feel like 200 kg (440 lbs.) hitting them at about 9 m/s (30 ft./s). That's an incredible amount of punishment.

Only about 7 more weeks until football season and I am SO ready. The main rule on tackling is that you cannot lead with your helmet. That's called targeting and it's the quickest way to be ejected from a football games!

And this is why football generates so many players with CTE, those pads and helmets just incentivize them to crash in at full speed because "I'm safe and that's all that matters" whereas rugby has the implicit mentality to slowdown or brace yourself somewhat before impact

Some of the older hits are now penalties. Below the waist hits have tighter rules now. There is now a defenseless player penalty. The emphasis in teaching now is to tackle more like a rugby style tackle. Find the video of Earl Campbell just flattening defenders trying to tackle him.

You saw how many of those were from the Seattle seahawks. The legion of boom was a force to be reckoned with. I'd reccomend looking up highlights from their superbowl year.

Really hard hits aside from the knock out ones are the ones where the helmet pops off like a champagne cork, the flag is unnecessary roughness, you can tackle someone without the ball only to defend the qb or one running with the ball otherwise you can get flagged depending on the ref

Growing up I’d always hear Athletes (primarily NOT from the United States) ‘drone-on’ about “yeah, but WE don’t wear Pads!”💪🏻 Tell me…would YOU want to NOT want to be wearing Pads?!🤷🏻‍♂️ It’s like when John Wayne [in Ireland watching a Hurling game] was asked “would you like to be out there with one of those (a Hurley) in your hand?” His Reply? 💁🏻‍♂️ “Well I sure-as-hell wouldn’t like to be out there WITHOUT one!”

@mfree80286

23 күн бұрын

Heh, if you played football like football is played without pads and a helmet, you're probably leaving in an ambulance. I'd give most people 3-4 good hard shoulder tackles before something comes apart, too... there'd be an absolute rash of broken collarbones, dislocations, and torn up joints. EDIT: The main point is that the pads aren't so much "padding" as they are force distribution so all the weight of the 240 pound guy you just slammed into at full pace isn't bearing down on a small single point of contact. You get a hip bone or shoulder on top of your clavicle with that kind of force and it'll snap like a stick.

This is why I love being an American. We’re like ‘Hell Yeah!’, the rest of the world ‘Oh, you can’t do that…’

Most of these hits would be illegal today

@Barghaest

8 күн бұрын

The suplex and body slams were usually penalized then as well. It was considered unsportsmanlike conduct to be that savage during a block/tackle.

The chinstraps on the helmets snap on and are designed to come off when a high level of force is applied in order to prevent serious neck injuries. That's why you see so many helmets come off in these "hard hits" videos.

I played 4 years of high school football, and 1 and 1/2 years of Div 3 college (for those not in the know, those will be colleges very few even knew existed and rarely if ever produce professional grade players, more like club players for a Euro equivalent) and the injuries and pain and surgeries I have had to correct all of it have been brutal. Knee surgery twice, 3 vertebra fused in my lower back, shoulder surgery. All tied to injuries from playing the game 28 years ago....and I wasn't even very good...I just was one of those guys who didn't mind sacrificing my body for results, until my knee and back finally forced me to walk away. If i knew then what i know now....

You need to watch Ray Lewis’ most brutal tackles. Ray Lewis was a linebacker in the 2000’s-early 2010’s who was known for how hard he hit.

Recent changes to the rulez have made it so that you can only block by standing in front of a defender. A defender may only touch a runners hip, and then only if it is obvious they a reaching for the flag.

No helmet to helmet(Targeting get you ejected from the game!) No horse collar Grabbing the pads... No chop blocking at the knees No tripping...

LMAO! This mans really said "They're padded. They're fine" LOLOLOL. Those pads dont mean much when the other dude is padded and running full tilt my boy. I'd love to see any pro rugby player pad up against a COLLEGE linebacker. Instant death.

A lot of these are called "blindside blocks", they aren't using their arms. As long as the blocker is in front of the other person, and set up far enough away, the other person doesn't have to see it coming. It's comparable to them running into a wall. A person catching a pass is open game when the ball hits his hands. Earliest years, they didn't even wear facemasks. Besides the "helmet area" is the "horsecollar tackle", grabbing the back of a jersey or the back of the shoulder pads and pulling down.

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Yeah, we have a few "Unnecessary Roughness" penalties that would be called on many of these hits. No helmet to helmet, no intentional targeting of the head, no grabbing the face mask (a favorite move of Night Train Lane), no picking people up and slamming them to the ground, no hitting the defenseless receiver, no hitting the returner before he's got the ball, no blindside blocks... Still, it's a rough sport.

I didn't read through the comments, but horse collar is illegal and I did not see one in this video. Basically if a player were to grab the inside of the back of the padding by the neck area and pull the player down that way from behind. NFL has ruled this as a dangerous tackle due to the way the legs buckle.

Should check some of the Ray Lewis highlights. The man was an amazing player.

Yeah, most NFL players will say when you get tackled real good that it feels like you ran into a brick house at full speed.

Ya, there are quite a few rules these days on a legal tackle and getting penalized or ejected from the game. Most rules on tackling are to reduce serious injuries, but there are still a lot of clean legal hits. Its almost as brutal as Hockey!