Well this is a big part of it for me. These guys know the risks. No one is forcing Matt Moore to play in the NFL. This isn't the 1980s where he doesn't know concussions are bad. He is assuming the risks of being on the field. I'm not going to sit here and worry about his personal safety.Have you been around anyone who's suffered the results of that violence? Either on their bodies or minds? Free will and all, but I'm increasingly thinking there should be a lot of controls.
The little (or not so little) things like ball protection and awareness of where the enemy is you lose from inactivity.Moore collapses under pressure. Terrible decision making.
They absorb punishment at an elite level.What do the Dolphins do at even an average level?
He's playing under a regime where he's supposed to be protected. Also, that's pretty much a screw the world logic. Cops. Soldiers. Addicts.Well this is a big part of it for me. These guys know the risks. No one is forcing Matt Moore to play in the NFL. This isn't the 1980s where he doesn't know concussions are bad. He is assuming the risks of being on the field. I'm not going to sit here and worry about his personal safety.
Is judgment/reaction under pressure a sign that he might be concussed?Damn it. For all the good Moore's done it's all negated with him running around waving the ball with one hand.
You're the guy who stopped going to the Coliseum in the 5th century when they banned the munera, since what's the point if the losers don't die ?Well this is a big part of it for me. These guys know the risks. No one is forcing Matt Moore to play in the NFL. This isn't the 1980s where he doesn't know concussions are bad. He is assuming the risks of being on the field. I'm not going to sit here and worry about his personal safety.
The difference is we're debating a hit here that looks like it was illegal, whereas the Floyd one was completely legal.If we are 100% concerned about player safety, then the block by Floyd last week needs to be outlawed. I haven't looked in last week's game thread, but did everyone have this much concern over player safety after he laid out Lippett?
Not in this gamethread.Is judgment/reaction under pressure a sign that he might be concussed?
I never considered this part of the game. Thanks.The Steelers do as good a job as anyone except the Ravens of preventing the offense from getting back to the huddle. They stay on the ground, keep their legs on top of offensive players, and paw at the ball. It's really effective with a 40 second play clock instead of a ready for play 25 second clock.
Miami is constantly late to the line, and it matters. They are always scrambling.
I don't know. I'm upset at the moment so I'm sure I'm being a bit harsh, but it's also not in Moore's DNA to tuck and take a sack. Not doing the safe thing is pretty much his default setting, it's why some Dolphins fans always preferred him to Tannehill.Is judgment/reaction under pressure a sign that he might be concussed?
Cops, soldiers and addicts arnt paid millions of dollars to assume risks.He's playing under a regime where he's supposed to be protected. Also, that's pretty much a screw the world logic. Cops. Soldiers. Addicts.
This is weak sauce.So if Dupree has a player with elite athleticism like Bell lined up for a big hit, slows down and allows the runner to side step him and run for a touchdown, then what? It's a fundamentally different game if it's not played at full speed. Big hits are part of the game and a fun part of the game to watch. It's unfortunate when they involve the head and I salute the league for taking out the most egregious ones ( like the old Brandon Merriweather leave your feet kill shots on a WR). But I just don't have a huge problem with hits like this one. It's one player running into another and it's unfortunate that there was head to chin. I like football for many reasons. Big violent hits are one of them. They aren't ever going to go away completely and nor should they. If hits like this bother people this much then maybe they just shouldn't watch football. There are other options.
Vance Joseph is busy interviewing for head coaching jobs---some drills may have slipped through the cracksTackling is Something the dolphins practice?
Are the takes always this terrible in the game thread?Vance Joseph is busy interviewing for head coaching jobs---some drills may have slipped through the cracks
And take the excitement out of the game?How about if players use proper technique and lead with the shoulder while wrapping up instead of going for the helmet shot with no attempt to wrap up?
We play to the level of the competitionAre the takes always this terrible in the game thread?
If you make it a 15-yard penalty for the ball carrier to stiff arm a tackling player in the back, more defenders will tackle in a fundamentally sound way, as rugby players do. Until then, players will continue to lead with their head, because proper tackling puts them at a competitive disadvantage (unless you've got a chance to size up a defenseless target, like Earl Thomas did to Gronk).This is weak sauce.
How about if players use proper technique and lead with the shoulder while wrapping up instead of going for the helmet shot with no attempt to wrap up?
So, my two friends whose deaths are traceable to boxing injuries - the tragedy is they never got big paydays? These are human beings we're talking about.Cops, soldiers and addicts arnt paid millions of dollars to assume risks.
ask sodenjAre the takes always this terrible in the game thread?
The Dolphin LBs are horrible and they are small, not a good combination.Tackling is Something the dolphins practice?
No, typically there's some bitter homers from other teams who wander in and lower the bar.Are the takes always this terrible in the game thread?
So now we're concerned with rules and not the player's humanity? Got it. If Lippett develops CTE, he can be at ease knowing it was a legal hit.The difference is we're debating a hit here that looks like it was illegal, whereas the Floyd one was completely legal.
The first step is calling the illegal ones.
It's about the integrity of the game!So now we're concerned with rules and the player's humanity? Got it. If Lippett develops CTE, he can be at easy knowing it was a legal hit.