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Diaz bringing NEW tackling style?
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Didn't say we "shouldn't do it" just probably going to be a huge learning curve and if he can't effectively "teach" the technique to where they are executing it effectively on the field then he should re-evaluate.
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From preventing head injuries to causing more career ending McGahee type knee injuries. There is no safest way to tackle a body builder running full speed at you while zig zagging all over the place. Diving at the knees is basically what a "hawk tackle" is....
And its not like the Seahawks are **** bent on making sure there players tackle that way either, especially Pete Carrols laid back ***. Kam Chancellor is always head hunting / that entire defense will hit you however the **** they got to to bring you down. As long as its not a dirty play what's the problem?
And its not like the Seahawks are **** bent on making sure there players tackle that way either, especially Pete Carrols laid back ***. Kam Chancellor is always head hunting / that entire defense will hit you however the **** they got to to bring you down. As long as its not a dirty play what's the problem?
Speed is the same. You can look it up yourself. I doubt there are many published verticals for rugby players. But, you are living in the past. The one thing the NBA has learned is that the world's top athletes can come from anywhere.
Disagree with this. The speed is not the same. Not saying they're not athletic, but their pros at any level, are not comparable to the avg NFL athlete.
Football is easily the sport that requires the most pure athleticism.
I wrote this in a thread in the WEZ where we discussed which sport has the best athletes:
We've seen pro football players play at a high level in other main stream sports. Bullet Bob Hayes, Willie Gault, James Jett, Renaldo Nehemiah, Jeffery Demps, a bunch of others didn't have trouble being elite olympic T&F athletes. Bo and Prime played both sports at high-level. If I had to coach a kid from when he was coordinated enough to play any sport, I'll take a kid that's born with the athletic make-up base of a Prime, Bo, or even Antonio Brown over the athletes that are pro in rugby or any other sport. In rugby you're not going to see multiple 250+ athletes running sub 4.7 40's and jumping over 35 inches. There's no Von Millers, Mario Williams, or Todd Gurley type's in rugby.
I can 99% guarantee you that there are not 6'2" 245lb dudes running 4.5's in rugby. And there **** sure ain't nobody running 4.2's and 4.3's.
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Sports Science measured the force of a Rugby tackle versus the force of an NFL tackle and it wasn't even close.
One of the best and fastest rugby players in the world...
Jarryd Hayne Faces Long Odds to Reach NFL, But Rugby Star Wise to Try | Bleacher Report
Jarryd Hayne Faces Long Odds to Reach NFL, But Rugby Star Wise to Try | Bleacher Report
Hayne is arguably rugby's most explosive player and he ran an 11.20 in the 100 meters. Now compare that to the 100m times of NFL running backs. LOL
Oh, and he ran a 4.5 hand timed, which means if you put him in the NFL combine he likely runs a 4.6-4.7 forty.
C'mon man. Those guys aren't in the same stratosphere of athleticism. There's no Von Millers, Patrick Petersons or JJ Watts in rugby.
Lol at ppl acting like Rugby is comparable to amrican football in any way.
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I read somewhere... during some concussion testing... they found that a one on one football tackle was comparable to a 35 m.p.h car collision.
I have a huge American football and athlete bias too but I am not blind. The same people said that about a white Linebacker from Boston College who ran a 4'5 at the NFL combine. Just look at how many Samoans play in the NFL. Then look at the Fijian Rugby team.
Carlin Isles
Isles had been touted as the fastest rugby player in the world. During a workout with the Detroit Lions Isles ran a time of 4.22 seconds in the 40-yard dash, the fastest time recorded that year.
Carlin Isles
Isles had been touted as the fastest rugby player in the world. During a workout with the Detroit Lions Isles ran a time of 4.22 seconds in the 40-yard dash, the fastest time recorded that year.
It was the University of Michigan. And I believe the mean was 25mph. Have to imagine a special teams play hits that 3 standard of deviation (no pun intended).
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Boy is this over blown. Head up and Wrap up. Couple things that has changed is players are looking for the knockout ESPN highlight blows and are either successful or miss the tackle entierly. The other is the spread offense that have smaller faster players in space or larger WR's out in space vs small corners. I really do not think this rugby style is for DL's and LB's in the ground game. It is intended for guys to make smart tackles in open space like Rugby is. To make the sure tackle. You also have to get corners who call themselves "Cover Corners" to have to man up and make tackle to the ground which a lot of times they do not because the weak *** WR runs out of bounds for them. And anyone who thinks pete Carroll is worried about concussions is drinking.
