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How many times do we hear about a team that isn't tackling well? More often than not, I see players flying at players without wrapping up, leading with the head, going for the knees to cut a guy down. And it isn't always when that's the only way to make a play, either. Players are being rewarded for laying out players in any way they can. Often, that means the helmet goes right at a guy's head, or right at his knees. If you want to cut down injuries in football, then IMO the best way to do that is to reward solid tackling technique and penalizing leading with the head and blatantly going for the knees. Football will still be plenty violent. We're talking about people not being able to remember the room they were just in, increased alzheimer's, even early death.
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We had to pay Hester a lot of money or someone else would have. Once you pay a guy that much money, keeping him as a kick returner is pretty hard to justify. He's not a bad receiver; he's just not top level. The problem is, Lovie keeps calling him a #1, which is ridiculous and makes it impossible for Hester to live up to expectations. I was just listening to Martz this morning on the radio, and he said that his plan for Hester is to make him more of a Hakim-type receiver. That sounds like a much better plan to me than trying to force him into the same eschelon as Reggie Wayne, where he was never going to make the grade.
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You can expect the player to assist in making the tackle instead of just teeing off on a guy. If any and all contact is penalized, that's one thing, but if they are looking at penalties against the cheap shots I'd have no problem with it. If their only intention is to hit a guy really hard with a shoulder or helmet, they aren't really trying to make the tackle. Force them to spread their arms and make a tackle. They should start enforcing the rule against leading with your head, which doesn't even get called many times. Right now, players weigh the chances of getting a flag/fine vs. getting away with it and producing a Sportscenter highlight they can crow about with their friends. Make that a consistently called penalty, all the time. Make fines for doing it automatic, and escalating if you continue to do it up to and including lengthy suspensions.
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It will be interesting to listen to the comments of people as they walk by.
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LOL.
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I'm thinking a buttload of cash was just lost by many.
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The E-Trade baby commercials were disappointing
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Good. That was a good game, glad the Saints won.
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Wow, major overturn there!
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Yeah, I thought so as well.
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Well, not the scoring fest it seemed it would be but an entertaining game so far.
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It doesn't have to be a rock act. I could see Black Eyed Peas.
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It would be nice if they update the decade a little for next year's halftime show. The Stones were worse though IMO
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Yeah I don't get running simple off tackle handoffs over & over. Not when you've got all that other weaponry sitting in the garage.
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Kevin Gregg back to Florida? No.
Soul replied to Old Style's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Rojas. That's a name I had successfully forgotten. Thanks for bringing back the painful memories! :mrgreen: -
Mesa's mayor pretty much slams Reinsdorf: http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/02/mesa-mayor-criticizes-reinsdorfs-opposition-to-cubs-tax.html
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Damn it. Thought we had those guys when we took the lead at the end of the 3rd.
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Alright, they're officially slumping. I'm trying to be calm about it.
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I was going to say the same. They can put Hester back in that role if they want, but I'm not convinced he would be anywhere near what he was when he first came into the league.
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I think he exaggerated a bit with the comments, but I do think the Saints will blitz some because that's what Gregg Williams does. He'll just have to be creative with timing, where the guys come from, etc. The Saints have to at least try to blitz. If it doesn't work and you can't get to Manning, then switch things up. But they can't just sit back from the start. They didn't blitz Brady all that much during the Patriots game and it worked quite well. The Patriots played a really, really bad game too. It's hard to expect that bad a performance to happen twice in a year – especially against the best QB in the NFL. I can't remember a time when Manning has struggled when he had time to throw.
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Yeah, it became obvious that Marinelli was the choice once Fewell declined and then the search.......just stopped.
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Kevin Gregg back to Florida? No.
Soul replied to Old Style's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Good. So now, not only is he not going to pitch in games involving the Cubs, but he's also not even in America anymore. -
I know, I laughed at that too. 8-)
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Here you go, OMC. Don't say I never back up your Saints: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/don_banks/02/05/saints/
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That's probably a good place for him. I don't hate the man, I just needed to not see him calling the Bears offense anymore.
