"CTE...is that a thing in American football?" The NFL has a CTE problem in the same way that the Titanic currently has a problem with minor water damage
As an American, I see so many foreigners say rude comments about our American Football, I just want to say, thank you for respecting it and at least trying to understand it! I think all sports are fun, require skill, and are interesting in their own way.
@Austin Kilgore they form so many stereotypes without doing any history or research to find out why we are the way we are or the truth behind it. it's so annoying.
The problem is if too many complain about the violence, the NFL will feel the need to soften it up. This man culture hating society, loves to nerf everything that men like.
@@MrErnieHanks main reason why people hate america is because we have nice things that they don't and people wonder why we don't really like people outside of the u.s
Don’t worry too much about it- they watch football, but they’ve never PLAYED football. They play rugby and think that it’s hardcore and everything. For them it is. But they don’t understand that the pads in football take away that little instinctive flinch right before contact, so the contact is as hard and fast as you can make it.
"Football is not a contact sport, it's a collision sport - dancing is a contact sport." - Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame Head Coach and GM, Green Bay Packers
Lol, I think my HS LB coach was paraphrasing that but the quote I remember him saying was, “dancing is a contact sport, football is a violent sport.” I do miss hitting people.
You summed it up nicely. As someone who played both American football and rugby, there is a big misconception about American football being a "sissy sport" because of the pads, but so many people fail to understand that the pads are what make it so dangerous.
My classmate in college played both, he said rugby hurt because you don’t have pads, but if you go full speed you’ll hurt yourself just as much, said it was kinda like wrestling. He said football was keep your head on a swivel or you can get knocked out and the pads just stop you from breaking bones, not feeling the pain.
It's partly that, but also because there's no limit on substitutions in American Football, meaning you can substitute out all 11 players between plays, and then put the original 11 back in on the very next play. So you can have a roster full of specialists who are only useful in one specific situation, and then replace them when that situation doesn't exist. Whereas in soccer it doesn't make sense to have 55 to 100 specialist players when you can only substitute 3 players in the entire match.
@@nevets2371 To expand on what someone else said, in American Football a "small team" would ideally have at least a roster with distinct and separate teams on Offense and Defense plus subs and extra players for different formations. Larger teams can afford to have more subs as well as more players in specialized roles for say special teams (Kicking and Receiving). There will be a lot of overlap, reducing the total numbers somewhat but that's a good chunk of guys right there, as covering the various formations would require more than 11 men per team (Offense and Defense). Thats just a single formation, additional formations require changing out one or more players for ones of a different position, like tight end, wide receiver, fullback, linebackers, cornerbacks, etc... I always played both (and special teams), but especially at the higher levels you specialize as either an Offensive player or Defensive player...for reasons of skill and predisposition as well as purely practical ones. You wouldn't want your Offensive line to exhaust themselves marching down the field only to have to come back in to the game as the Defensive line...also as the level of play rises the skillsets become less universal. By the same token, you don't want your star wide receiver injured playing nickelback. Or you might only be willing to risk your #3 wide receiver returning kicks. And then there's plain fatigue, minimum I'd say for every two players you need at least one sub...who can play that position. And extra subs for a few positions, like Quarterback, for instance, you need 2 of those, preferably 3.
Yea at least half the clips were high school and college football. Americans are an interesting people. I’m one. Not sure if I’m interesting but yea people that don’t know American sports very well have no idea how crazy we are
Travel for once. Even in Canada my dad calls NHL teams, “hockey clubs”, it’s not an insult it’s actually the term a lot of people use. British folk tend to refer to teams as clubs. Americans think they’re the only country on the planet.
Great reaction! Thanks for sharing! Being a Tongan born and raised here in the States most of us Polynesian boys grow up playing both sports. As brutal as rugby was, I'd say football takes the cake for brutality and it's actually because of the pads. They give almost a God complex that drive you to do things normal humans wouldn't dare. That and the hitting had a lot less regulations on it when I was still playing ball. Plus in football, you don't have to be carrying the ball to get hit so guys were getting absolutely destroyed on every play. My cousins who come from the islands and play football end up thriving and going to the NFL but they always say football hits are harder because of less rules and more padding. Rugby although it's still very brutal, is more of a gentleman's game. A contact sport. Football is more of a sinister game. A collision sport where CTE has caused so many suicides over the years that the hitting rules have changed the dynamic of the game and caused it to evolve. Thanks for the video fellas! God bless! Your Tongan friend from the US!
Came to the comments to say this! The pads allow you to be a human battering ram. I now watch rugby exclusively because the action is continuous, not only because of how the game is played but also how many injury timeouts there are in football.
@@StephanieMRM That's what people underestimate, the pads mean you can slam into people full force. I played in high school and even at that level, ages 15-18, I took hits that rattled my brain and had me slightly dizzy several times. It's a brutal sport
Seems like a lot of you Polynesian boys are quite large too lol. We had a whole very large family of I'm pretty sure Samoans in town, they basically led our high school team to championships for about 10 years straight. I think it was 3 brothers, who all had a handful of kids each, and they just kept coming. They had some other very good players too, not to mention a great coach, but those Samoan kids were a huge factor. I don't think any made the pro's (yet), but I know some at least went on to college ball. Very strong boys, but I don't think the overall size translated as well at the higher levels. Not quite any Junior Seau's in the bunch lol
My boyfriend and his two older brothers are Somoan. And they are rather larger boned bodied people. I'd hate to go against them in football 😅His one brother (the oldest) played football in Hawaii growing up, and I saw pictures of him, and was just SHOCKED how big he was at 10 years old. My boyfriends slightly older brother is definitely bigger than my boyfriend, and at about 18, he graduated wrestling and playing football at 285 of just pure muscle and big boned. My boyfriend is now about to be 18 and he's 225 ish of pure muscle and big bone🤣All three are still growing too! My boyfriend us about 6'2 and I'm 5'7. I don't think I could go against a Somoan or Polynesian in any contact/collision sport. I'd be scared shitless. My boyfriend and I wrestle at home and I don't stand a chance, I just let him win🤣
Y’all need to watch these big hits with sound and not the ones with music. The sound is so violent and even overpowers 100k+ fans cheering. The crowd usually makes a oohhhh in unison too.
@Doug Sawyer thats a very narrow minded view. I love music of all genres...Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Zeppelin, Coltrane, Curtis Mayfield, Beatles, muddy waters, Johnny cash, marty robbins, etc etc. Hip hop and rap absolutely has amazing artists and music. I understand i cant change your mind, but theyres good music in almost every genre. Even in rap.
@@d.l.n.9576 what? All he said was to check out a video of NFL players trash talking each other. Dont be such a douche 😂 no one cares how long you played football.
@@btube2006 Maybe professional soccer, I play HS and people have literally pancaked me onto the ground without penalty lol. Not as physical as football by a long shot, but there is plenty of upper body strength and just general sparring that goes into contested balls and trying to get open
"Football is allot more brutal than rugby" THANK YOU! I've also played both in college. D2 for football and D1 for rugby and football was definitely the more brutal. I will say that I loved playing rugby more than football though.
Speaking as someone who's played both sports, I can say with certainty that Gridiron (American) Football and Rugby are more or less even in regards to inflicting damage. I've got the dislocated thigh bone/hip socket from the former and the torn ACL collarbone from the latter to prove it.
@@oceanberserker "more or less even" my ass. Considering the amount of rules Rugby has just to tackle someone, compared to American Football, you aren't legally allowed to inflict the same amount of damage. American Football has guys over 6 feet tall and weighing over 200-300 pounds, running full speed and hitting you has hard as they can. Sure, there aren't pads in rugby, but if american football didn't have pads, there'd be fatalities, not just injuries.
@@assassingod2004 Cool your jets and don't get your panties in a twist, bub. To clarify, head - on collisions don't happen AS often in Rugby as they do in American Football, but they still DO happen and it's no less brutal, even if there's more emphasis placed on skill in tackling rather than just running the other guy over. To wit, think of all the times you've seen the guys on the gridiron get suplexed, fireman'd, and dump truck flipped on the field. That's the kind of thing a Rugby player has to deal with in a match all the time every. Single. TIME. And unlike Gridiron, there's no stoppages whatsoever and no substitutions unless you start painting the grass red like a figurative fire hose. Although, to bring credit back to Gridiron, the only one you're allowed to tackle is the ball carrier as blocking isn't allowed and you're also not allowed to tackle said ball carrier from any other angle other than straightforward so I'd say things even out between the two. But then again, there's the Ruck and the Maul to take into consideration so there's that, but still, I think I've made my point. As stated previously, I have the injuries from both to prove that no matter which side you fall under, neither sport is for pussies.
@@dylynboswell8946 I guess cuz back then, more nfl players were ALL headhunters. The reason they're are so many safety rules is because of how many former nfl players sue the nfl lmao.
@@josephdahlen6301 I remember when ESPN used to show the "jacked up" segment at halftime during the Monday Night Football games. I always wondered if the reason they stopped showing that was because CTE became a big (well known) issue.
Pads = protection is such a misconception. Big John MCcarthy, a mma referee, had a great example. Try punching a brick wall, then try punching a brick wall with wraps and a glove on. The equipment protects you from your own power, and lets you apply more force than you'd be able to, otherwise.
The more apt thing to point out about pads is their location: head, upper shoulders... places that, by rule, you're not likely to receive a hit in, but are delivering hits with.
The theory is called "Risk Compensation". Basically it suggests: the greater the perceived risk, the more careful we are; conversely, the lesser the perceived risk, the more aggressive/reckless we act.
@@BobPapadopoulos Exactly. People overestimate how much padding the players are wearing, as if they're in suits of armor... No. The shoulder pads are big, yeah, but most of the bulk you see on those guys is just... them. They're monstrous huge.
@@jawbone78 Especially when you take into consideration the defensive linemen and OLB shoulder pads. Michael Bennett's shoulder pads barely covered his shoulders!
@@sparkysjoint1616 yes, they were mostly legal at the time. Most of the "illegal today" hits were only illegal by the defenseless receiver rules. Which wasn't in place until 2015. Are some of you like 15 years old and only remember the last 5 years?
I could listen to these guys talk about football for hours. Even though they make some mistakes (not as many as you would think) they appreciate the sport and have light fun humor that keeps me entertained.
to put it into perspective for the european viewers. I am 6'2" (188cm) and 245lb (111kg) and i ran a 40 yard/meter dash in 5 seconds. I was told by our highschool coach that i wasn't big enough or fast enough to be on the football team for my intended position, inside linebacker. That was a state-champ school but still highschool lol.
@@jakedajuggernaught yeah. Some guys are massive. By older brother is six foot five and 270 and got put at tight end not as a regular lineman. I’m five foot 10 as a freshman right now, so it’s not all just a bunch of big guys, but they don’t mess around when it comes to linemen.
@@thrawnedits5860 I’m 6”4 223 my vert is 37.4 my 40 is 4.54, I’m a wide receiver like my vertical is the highest out of all the WR but still not even close to randys vert lol I ain’t ever touching 49.6 inches lol 😂
@@PTJStudios18 yeah. You have to be an athletic freak to get anywhere near that. Only a very small percentage of professional athletes could even dream of jumping that high.
CTE is a huge deal with the NFL. Look up Junior Seau and learn his story. CTE is something they are currently looking for the NFL to find better ways to deal with it. It's a huge debacle.
My doc suspects that I might be dealing with CTE from playing football from Pee-Wee through Semi-Pro. If that _is_ what's wrong, it's nothing to sneeze at. It's a real bitch.
"CTE...is that a thing in American football?" The NFL actually tried to cover-up how many players get CTE/TBI. There is actually a movie about it called "Concussion" starring Will Smith.
They covered the real cause of cte up by attributing it to the big hits when the real cause is the repetitive minor shots to the head half the players on the field undergo every play. They don't give a damn about cte the big hit protection is to protect star players so the league can make more money
If you are going to talk about NFL and the concussion thing (yes, I saw the movie. Will Smith brilliant as always) don't give these guys half info. Tell them how they killed themselves because of it. Tell them how they lost their homes, wives, children, lived in their vehicles. Etc. I love football more than anyone. It breaks my heart about concussions and I know it must be getting better with protocols. Unless it's just rigged like my roommate has contended for 25 years.
Tracy sweetie I'm sorry to tell you this but any team sport that makes serious money is rigged to use and dump the players even if they are star players it's just like old school professional wrestling. All the little hits add up over time, a lot like being around loud noises often can lead to hearing issues or not being able to hear certain frequencies.
I'm 50 years old and can't remember half the people I graduated high school with, but I remember the number and the team of the biggest hit I took while playing varsity football haha. That stuff sticks with you forever.
CTE is not as common in people who only played High School and whats with the PTSD? Why would a grown ass man have post traumatic stress disorder from football?
I'm only 21, but I started getting seizures when I was freshman in high school. I had played football every year since I was in the 3rd grade until that point. My doctors believed that football was the root cause. It's crazy what kind of damage football may cause your brain.
I started playing football in my second year of high school. I nearly got knocked the fuck out in the first day of full pads practice. It took me a while to get used to watching out from all angles. In the end, I had the pleasure of returning the favor on a number of occasions. Good times. Though, 25 years later and my neck and shoulders still hurt.
I played football since I was 7 and went all the way through college. Some of the older hits you see are illegal now but at the time were fine. I played strong safety so big hitting was my thing lol. You talk about running full force at each other, that's what you're told to do. Run through the opponent. The first person to slow down is always the one who gets hurt from my personal experience. Good vid boys
The reality though is that linemen have the least issues with physical disabilities and trauma such as concussions. This is because due to their size and their role on the field, they generally are NEVER moving very fast on the field. The impact of those collisions is a product of mass x velocity. When your velocity is almost always very low, even though you're over 300 pounds going against another 300 pound person, the impacts are not that great. The real injuries are occurring with the guys running fast in the open field as this video demonstrates. Linemen's greatest threat is getting rolled up on from behind and tearing their knees or ankles.
@@jkutyna His point was when the pads, and cleats get hung up for the very last time. Far too many former linemen keep the weight and tax the heart causing themselves chronic health issues of different kinds. CTE was a great point made by you, but linemen sadly meet their end if they don't change course after they retire by way of heart disease, kidney failure, etc.
@@jkutyna That's not how CTE works. Are massive concussions bad? Yes. But thousands of helmet bumps even of low impact have a cumulative effect. Soccer players get it from heading the ball, for instance.
Football players, particularly the lineman, often liken playing football to being in a car crash every play. The sport itself is absolutely brutal, add to the fact that at its highest level, it's being played by the most freakish of athletes. Many players don't have long careers due to the beating their bodies take and the effects - physically and mentally - can indeed last long after their playing days are over, CTE being a major problem in particular. Love your guys reactions to football, you have a genuine appreciation for it and that's so cool to see.
The important thing to note is the AVERAGE size of these guys is something like 6'4", 265 lbs. That's across all positions. It's not uncommon to see a 300 pound man running a sub 5 second 40m. Rugby players are every bit as tough as NFL players, but rugby players aren't immune from the laws of physics. Men that size would decimate on the rugby field.
This has to be the best hits video because of the coordination between the song and the physical hits. I love watching it. And i really appreciate having a person that has actually played both sports comparing them. Also the little tikes hit is my absolute favorite. And the NFL regular season is 16 games, not including preseason or playoffs. You are right about the size of these men. They are gigantic. There isn’t much to compare them to when they are all giant on the sidelines. When you see them with their wives or normal sized humans, it’s comical. They are also incredibly fit and ripped. The offensive lineman type used to be just huge. Now even the OL are huge but fit and fast as well. It’s amazing to watch.
One or two of them were illegal then (for example, the blatant facemask). The clips didn't linger for the laundry, though. But yeah, we now have the targeting penalty and some others. If it helps save the health of the players, it's a good thing. But some of the targeting penalties I have seen have been BS calls -- the shoulder makes the contact rather than the helmet, or there was simply no way to raise the head given the body position at the time of impact. Still, as I said, we have to do something to protect the players.
Well at least 25% of them were an illegal hit on a defenseless receiver. Another handful were targeting. A couple were idiot punt returners that decided they didn't want a fair catch, they wanted a spinal injury. Spearing and Crackback blocks are basically illegal.. Then give it a few more years and all blindside blocks will be illegal.
and "football" has nothing to do with kicking a ball, it means it's played on foot rather than on a horse. People just makes the assumption it's called football because you kick the ball with your feet but that isn't the origin of the word.
@@lancervi1762 you think I care enough to proofread my comments on TH-cam? You overestimate how much I care as long as people understand what I say. Even this only took about 30 seconds.
Good host balance on that show. Stephanopolous hardly "low on substance". Now the last part of the show is actually the Disney plug section (Disney owns the channel).
The best part of this is that when you are watching it on fb live they replay these hits over and over in slow motion. I don’t know how these guys get back up sometimes.
Couple explanations since you guys seemed to be asking: Re: Dallas Cowboys / New York Giants rivalry: they both play in the same division (a division is 4 teams, currently; historically, it has varied more.) They play twice a year, and are two fairly storied and big-market teams who always get a lot of hype. Each has, at points, been very good (and occasionally pretty bad) but they both have very large fan bases. Re: games per year: 16 regular season games, plus 3-4 playoff games if you make it that far. Re: Jets win the Super Bowl: it was the Green Bay Packers who won the first Super Bowl, but the NY Jets famously won the third. This was just after the NFL merged with the upstart American Football League, creating one league with two conferences, the NFC and the AFC. However, since the AFC was the newcomer to professional football, relatively speaking, it was widely regarded as the inferior conference; the first two Super Bowls had very little fanfare, though it was growing. When quarterback Joe Namath of the Jets "guaranteed" a win, it was widely scoffed at, but did hype up interest. Then the Jets won, vindicating his faith in his team, and helping legitimize the parity in the NFL. Nowadays, it's a year-to-year question which conference is better in the NFL. Re: hits being legal: some of them were definitely illegal. For example, tackling by the face mask is quite illegal, though that was a black and white clip, so it might not have been then. Someone mentioned pulling people down by the hair -- surprisingly, that is totally legal. However, grabbing someone by the collar, inside their shoulder pads, and dragging them down that way, is called a horse collar tackle, and that has been illegal for a while. Some of these hits are questionable by modern standards: in the modern game, you cannot lead with the helmet, and you cannot hit the head and neck area. However, runners are trained to lower their head so they can fall forward and get the extra yards, which can definitely lead to more helmet to helmet collisions where neither had bad intent, just wanted to defend themselves and make a play. Re: how big they are: size varies considerably by position, but yes, they are typically huge. Offensively Linemen, whose job is to protect the quarterback and push defenders out of the way of the running back, tend to be the largest, usually 6'4"+ and never below 300 pounds at the NFL level. Opposing them, the Defensive Linemen have some different builds; in the center, is 1 or 2 300 pound men, usually just a little over six feet, and just outside of them are usually 2 men near 275-300, depending on the defensive scheme. Those two on the outside are often tasked with driving those those mountainous offensive linemen to the Quarterback. NFL QBs are usually over six feet, and depending on height can weigh from 200 to 250 pounds. Height helps throwing the ball over those big bodies ahead, but some shorter quarterbacks (eg, Drew Brees, Russell Wilson) have had great success. The middle of the defense includes linebackers, usually 250ish and above six feet, tasked with covering the middle area of the field. Behind them is the secondary, which has the smallest and speediest guys on the defense, often at or even below six feet, and rarely much heavier than 220. This is to counterbalance the offensive slate of tight ends (who switch between blocking line a lineman and catching like a receiver, and typically, 250-270 and tall), wide receivers (who vary wildly in height and weight between 6'5" speedsters [Calvin Johnson] and 5'9" agile guys you can't imagine how they stay alive [Wes Welker]) and running backs (typically 6' or below but more heavily built than wide receivers, 200 pounds plus for even the ones below six feet.) Needless to say, you don't want to be a 5'9" guy playing in the secondary whose usually task is to cover shifty receivers when an offensive lineman at 6'6" and 350 lbs picks up a loose ball and starts trucking down the field.
@Peter Cole - Damn, you absolutely nailed it! The only thing I would add is that the Dallas Cowboys are NOT the winningest team, nor are they "America's Team", as both of those designations are applicable solely to THE Green Bay Packers (Oldest team in the league, and an unparalleled 13 championships). That said, congrats to you good sir, and GO PACK GO!!!
I love hearing rugby players setting this straight. I hear "they're so weak they wear pads," so often from people who don't understand how physical and dangerous a sport it is.
When I played in high school I just gave a dead eye stare as I growled. Once, I talked so much trash and yelled so much I lost my voice . Someone cracked my knee and I couldn't get anyone to hear me asking for help up. Luckily I was right next to the other teams huddle. As they were talking about their next play, the Quarterback looked down in shock. Then he yelled for my coaches to help me. At the start of another game, we kicked the ball down the field. As I was trying to find the runner with the ball, someone hit me with their helmet under my chin. It busted it open. After a few more plays later someone stepped on my arm. I ran to the sideline to take a play off. My coaches looked at me like I had been shot. Apparently I had blood just pouring all over my Jersey. They slapped a bandage on my chin and I went back into the game. At halftime they changed the bandage and I swear to god you could have filled up a cup with the blood you squeezed out of it. After the game I grabbed and orange and a coke and my dad took to the hospital. I ended up with 9 stiches in my chin. They didn't say it but I bet I had a concussion also. This happened on a Saturday, so on Monday I was back at practice and they gave me a bigger thicker chin strap. Man I miss playing. There was nothing better than just cracking someone.
Fun side note, the guy delivering the hit in the first black and white footage was Chuck Bednarik who was the last player to play both offense and defense full time in the pros., center on offense and line backer on defense. A few players would "play both ways" occasionally later on, but he stayed in nearly the whole game. His nickname was Concrete Charley.
I'm a long time fan (although my fandom as faded during Snyder's Reign Of Terror) of the team formally known as the "Redskins" but was a huge fan of LT back in the day. One of the best football players to ever step on a field.
Still to this day LT is the only defensive player that would/could literally change the outcome of a game by himself....and do it 2 or 3 games a year. And btw, I'm a bronco fan.
IIRC you have to be careful how you use the hair--you can't fall down and drag them, or you will get a horsecollar penalty (the same way as if you made horsecollar tackle with the shoulder ads) but otherwise yes, it's considered part of the uniform
"Horse collar" tackle is illegal. You can't grab the back pads, right behind the neck, and pull the guy backwards. There are also some special rules about tackling the QB.
Giants and Cowboys have a rivalry cuz they're in the same division, the NFC East. A lot of the biggest rivalries are usually between teams in the same division. Every note and then you'll have rivalries outside of divisions (Niners vs Cowboys, frequently played each other in the playoffs during the 1990s) or even outside of conferences (San Francisco Niners vs Oakland Raiders, cuz they were both located in close proximity to each other, but Raiders are more in Las Vegas).
I absolutely love seeing these reactions videos. American football is no joke. Don't be fooled by the pads, the power alone of someone coming towards you, leaning in with all their weight and strength is not to be underestimated. Go Big Blue!
My football coach had a glass eye from playing college ball in the leather helmet, one, or no crossbar over the face....dude went knuckle deep in his eye socket on a tackle. Glass eye was a fact, old timers said he kept playing...he made something of us. He made us understand authority, discipline, playing as a team not as an individual, give it your all, win or lose, if you don't have a bone sticking out of your body get back in there and do your job, the game isn't over, the team needs you...and you performed to that standard...no sniffling, no whining, no crying, no excuses. Good life lessons...still remembered.
My dad had season tickets to the Washington redskins. for 1pm games we would wake up at like 8 be there at 10, the game would end around 4pm then you’d hangout in the parking lot till like 6 and finally leave. You guys are right about it being an all day event lol
My parents and I had Bills season tickets, we live east of Toronto Canada though... out the door at 7:30, across the border and at the Orchard Park wegman's grocery store by 10. 5 minutes to the stadium, let the tailgating begin!
Fantastic video! I loved that y’all just had great things to compliment American sports about and kept everything very positive ! To the Brit (sorry I’m new to this channel) who knew a lot about football. You were pretty much spot on! Thanks for giving an interest into other sports. This was a great video
As someone who played football growing up then rugby in college for fun the way I describe it is this. Rugby is more consistently painful throughout the course of a full game but the hardest 25 times ive been hit has been in football and its not even close. Football just generally allows for so much more space and momentum building up to a hit and the pads make you feel invincible when in reality they protect virtually nothing and serve more function as a battering ram than they do a shield.
a lot of people move in their life so they follow the team where they are in life. Like this guy who just decided, I'm in New York so i'm picking the New York Giants. Plus there wasn't a team within 100 miles of where i was born and i only lived their til i was 2. But i do follow my hometown team of my youth the 49ers. it was where i grew up.
I played "american" football from age 6 to age 16 i broke 6 bones not counting fingers and toes, and several concussions, i didn't stop playing because of injuries just thought drugs where cool(i was dumb) but my point is i was already 6'0 and 230 lbs with decent athletic ability at 15 and even at that size you can't avoid injury. Its great to see other countries taking a peek at are favorite sport i hope it takes off in europe. Also you have to love the sport to play it, the practices are much more grueling than the games.
I love how you guys are so positive, plus get into the videos quick which is awesome haha. Easy sub from a Canadian, also how you guys are honest and okay with asking questions/being wrong. Thumbs up all around
I realize I’m late to the game, but CTE is huge in the NFL, football in general. An example would be Aaron Hernandez, the TE of the NE Patriots who was convicted of murder and wound up committing suicide in prison. When an autopsy was completed, it stated it was the worst case to have ever been seen in someone his age. Btw, LOVE the Giants cap!! Great taste ! ❤️💙
The Cowboys, Giants, Eagles and Redskins all hate each other because they are some of the oldest teams and they have always been in the same division. So they play each other twice every year where the would only play any given other team once every few years, so of meeting in the playoffs.
Cardinals USED to be in that same division for the longest time (and are the oldest franchise) so there is still a bit of a rivalry between them sometimes. And rivalrys kinda come and fade away.. some of them aren't always the greatest to watch (right now, the whole division those 4 teams are in is absolute trash) and then some rivalries (such as the Cowboys and the 49ers in the 1990s) come as a result of playoff results, or what players (Dion Sanders) do to disrespect or potentially cause fights during a game. If you haven't seen them recently, the Cardinals and Seahawks rivalry is probably one of the best to watch right now. Whenever those two teams play, they put EVERYTHING out there, even if they have incredibly different records - they'll still make it worth the watch.
Elthenar is correct about the start of rivalry but it really goes back to money and power. Back when the NFL had many fewer clubs and before they merged with the upstart American Football League (now the AF Conference since their merger in 1970), the Cowboys were part of the Eastern Division with the other teams. This benefited the Cowboys tremendously as they developed fan bases in these high population east coast cities and their population dense TV markets. As the NFL grew in popularity the Cowboys became a very consistently good football team increasing the strength of their brand to the point that by the 1970s they were named "America's Team" by the NFL's promotional department, NFL Films. The label has stuck over the years despite whether it was actually true or not. This incredible popularity brought wealth, prestige, and power to the Cowboys within the league. So much power that, despite the addition of many, many teams over the years and several realignments of conferences/divisions into more sensible geographic regions, the Cowboys organization has always ensured that they ALWAYS stayed in the same division as those east coast cities despite the geographic disparity. That is the real reason the Cowboys are still in the same division and play those teams.
Rivalries usually exist because teams will be in the same division or conference, not necessarily close to each other geographically. There are 2 conferences (American and National Football Conference) with 16 teams in each conference. Each conference has 4 divisions (north, south, east, and west) with 4 teams in each division.
I've played football in High School and have been on both sides of hits like this. The pads are a false sense of protection. The injuries usually come from the hits you're not prepared for, at least for me. If I could see it coming, usually I could prepare for it, and was able to bounce right back from it. Especially if you learn how to fall properly. Laying hits like this, if you do it right, you don't feel it, at least for me. I was 6'4", 230lbs. I had thought about trying to go on and play in college, but after my senior year, I said, yeah, I'm done with this, especially taking hits like this 20°F and snow. It feels like your bones are breaking.
Great job boys! NFL hits are insane. The players are modern day gladiators. They are literally putting their lives and health on the line in every game. The bravery is incredible! I am an American. If you learn the rules, not easy to do so don't get frustrated, you will love the game with all of its intricacies and also the unbelievable athleticism. They are the best all around athletes in the world, in my opinion. American football fans would love to have teams in England and other countries. Cheers!
8:36 I was at this game. A lot of these are just big hits at random points within the game, but this hit comes with a story. I was in my sophomore year at South Carolina and in the marching band. It's 2013, in Tampa, at the Outback Bowl. We got to travel to all of the bowl games and man, this hit was like lightning struck the stadium. You could hear it from the top of the stands and the entire stadium just erupted. The band were all screaming their heads off. It had been such a close game, and the previous play ended with what clearly should have been a turnover on downs, but the ref inexplicably ruled it a first down for Michigan. The ball was inches short of the down marker, you could see it clear as day on the jumbotron; this wasn't a situation where fans from one team believe one thing and fans from the other believe another, it was the easiest call the refs would have to make all day and they just straight-up blew it. I have no idea what they were thinking. Anyways, it was a super tense situation, and that BS first down call could very well have cost us the game. Of course we were all pissed, team, fans, coaches, announcers, everybody. And then, this was the very next play. Huge sack by Jadaveon Clowney, forced fumble that he reaches down and picks up with one of his massive hands and then gets a few yards before being taken down. It was absolutely electric. SC went on to take the lead and win, the team had momentum after this. I will never forget how insane this moment was. It felt like divine retribution, like Clowney was just effortlessly exerting his will over Michigan and the refs. It was absolutely ridiculous. Needless to say, I didn't have a voice for a few days afterward. th-cam.com/video/2JYx-_eXQa4/w-d-xo.html
I played for Mainland High School, Daytona Beach, FL. Defensive Right Tackle. I've seen crazy hits. Two players went head to head and broke their necks. American military and sports are some dedicated gents. I've lost mates in both...All aboot passion. Which is why I lent towards music. However I've seen some crazy shit at concerts too. Guess no one's safe. XD
One thing I was taught in Highschool (Secondary) American football is and I quote from my coach, “you’re wearing hundreds of dollars worth of equipment. When you tackle, run through them. You’re a semi, they’re a tree. Take down that tree.” I feel like that’s the mentality of football players. You’re wearing pads and a helmet so let’s go 1000%
New England has been 20 years on top and the most successful ever. Insane, luckily for me I’m from Boston. Dallas was amazing in the 90’s and everyone hates them but their rivalry with the Giants is because they are in the same division.
I wouldn't say that Patriots are the most successful ever. They are the second team ever to win 6 Superbowls, with the Steelers being the first. They are both currently tied at 6. Also, the Patriots have been proven to have cheated to get to some of those Superbowls so there is that.
First time watching this content but I really enjoyed your takes on all things American Football. :) I'm subbing and looking forward to future content.
As a former football player in Canada (Oline) most of those hits were legal at the time but in today's football the vast majority of those would get a penalty. The NFL was sued due to the head injury deal so a lot of new rules have been implemented to try and protect against head injuries now, but there are still some big hits but not like it use to be.
Still waiting to see anyone tough enough to highlight that. OMG. But the worst I have ever seen was the Minnesota/Saints Playoff that ended Brett Favre forever. A broken leg is one thing, an entire game is something entirely different.
@@tracysnow349 I remember Fabre getting knocked out cold, that was a really hard hit. I’m sure there’s a lot of hard hits out there but usually both players get up and keep playing. Theo’s man and Favre it both pretty much ended their careers. I saw Theisman in a commercial once and he didn’t walk quite right...
To answer some of those questions at the end - Giants are in the same division as the cowboys so they play each other twice a year every year and only one team from each division is guaranteed a spot in the playoffs so those games mean more. Jets were the 1st AFL team to win the superbowl (#3). Packers won 1 and 2, but have the most NFL championships with 13 total (9 of which are pre superbowl or the nfl-afl merger). Most of those hits are illegal now. Helmet to helmet, defenseless receiver, blindside blocks all illegal. However you can tackle someone by their hair, it's considered an extension of the uniform if you choose to have your hair like that. There are 16 games, 1 bye week = 17 weeks total. Not including preseason or playoffs; the format is changing next year, however.
CTE issues/deaths/lawsuits are the exact reason the NFL has made so many rules changes over the last decade...making many of the hits in this video now illegal. To protect the players, and attempt to protect themselves from worse lawsuits. I guess it's their way of making the game safer, but you can still light someone up.
I watched that game. I still can't watch the old clips, it turns me sick. You know it's bad when the opposing player that dealt the hit is the one screaming for the med team. LT was crazy upset.
The Buffalo punter, Evan Finegan, broke his leg playing against Penn State last year. It was compared to Theisman's however, he has recovered and is still on the team. The video is hard to watch though.
Anyone with football knowledge knows Lawrence Taylor would smoke an ounce of Crack and make you shit yourself every game. Dude scares the shit out of me but his cameo in Adam Sandlers The Waterboy is my fav thing ever
"Mean Joe Green"...The Iron Curtain...The Fearsome Foursome... Dick Butkus... back when football .... was football and quarterbacks and receivers were fearless test flight acrobats...
There is some crossover of skillsets between rugby and gridiron football. The biggest difference between the two is the way in which the games are played. Rugby is fluid, while gridiron is played like a series of set pieces, to borrow an analogy from a third sport - association football. Gridiron football is *designed* to produce high speed collisions. American football players are tremendously powerful, explosive athletes. For example, running backs, roughly equivalent to rugby fullbacks, ideally have a combination of attributes. NFL running backs are typically between 5'10 and 6'2, weigh 210-240 pounds, and possess world class speed as well as the balance and grace of ballet dancers. In fact, some players take ballet courses as part of their off season training. The main indicator of a player's speed is the 40 yard dash, rather than the 100m. The fastest players in the NFL cover that distance in 4.2 seconds from a dead start. For frame of reference, Usain Bolt covered the same distance in 4.19 seconds when he ran his world record 100m. Other measurement criteria are the standing broad jump, the vertical leap, and various speed drills designed to assess lateral quickness, as well as the ability to transition from running forwards to backward and back to forward again. Cardio fitness is less important than anaerobic, short burst fitness. Football players rarely cover more than 50 meters at a time on a given play, and often far less than that. But it's a mistake to assume they're unfit. As a young person, I played both association football and gridiron football. I can confirm that both are extremely taxing, but in completely different ways. There are few things I've experienced in life more viscerally satisfying than the perfect, teeth-rattling, bone-jarring football hit. It's pure music.
I do love when Rugby guys think it compares to football. While they do have some similarities they have such huge differences. It's like comparing cross country with the 100 meter dash.
Some of my best memories of playing American Football in highschool was telling the guy lined up across from me that I was going straight through him, and then doing. Such a powerful feeling
American Football fans can be lumped into 4 categories: Homers: They root for their home team Haters: Root for the home team's biggest rival Transplants: Homers who moved in from another city Bandwagoners: Root for a team that was good when they first started watching Rivalries are almost always between teams that play in the same division.
Most people I know that you call "Bandwagoners" fell in love with a team and the hype surrounding them when they were 10 or 12 years old. I am a Raiders fan because I lived in California in 1982 when the Raiders where the shit. I have always been a fan even when they suck (which has been a lot). I would by definition call myself "Die-Hard". "Bandwagoners", IMO, are those who are fans only when the local team is good. The biggest group of "Bandwagoners" I have ever seen are Seahawks fans. After they won their first Super Bowl I saw people wearing Seahawks gear that I didn't even know watched football. I guess It's a matter of being fashionable by associatiating with success.
@@yukikodavila4907 So you object to the term 'bandwagoners'- In this case it's referring to serious fans who- as you say- fell in love with a team for no other reason than they were good at the time they started watching, and not the fairweather variety who lose interest or switch teams after a bad season or two. If your home team (whether that's the city you're originally from, or the city you were living in when you started watching) happened to be good when you started in and you stuck with them through the bad times, that doesn't make you a bandwagoner, it makes you a homer. If you support a team, but only when they win, it makes you a fairweather. If you don't watch football, but wear the gear when it's in style, then I wouldn't even consider you a fan. A bandwagoner supports a team that he has no other connection to besides the fact that they were good when they started watching.
You might be missing one. Fans who root for the players. We are dealing with that in New England. A lot of Pat's fans are now Tompa Bay fans, because of Brady.
@@Omegasupreme21That had actually occurred to me, too- That had always been more of a basketball thing in the past, but with the advent of free agency and fantasy football, it has definitely caught on with the younger generation of football fans over the last 20 years or so.
"CTE...is that a thing in American football?"
The NFL has a CTE problem in the same way that the Titanic currently has a problem with minor water damage
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That about covers it.
Well said Nickholas. Love rugby though, wish I could get more on this side of the pond.
As an American, I see so many foreigners say rude comments about our American Football, I just want to say, thank you for respecting it and at least trying to understand it! I think all sports are fun, require skill, and are interesting in their own way.
They say rude shit about everything American - they're kinda obsessed with hating America. It's weird..
@Austin Kilgore they form so many stereotypes without doing any history or research to find out why we are the way we are or the truth behind it. it's so annoying.
The problem is if too many complain about the violence, the NFL will feel the need to soften it up. This man culture hating society, loves to nerf everything that men like.
@@MrErnieHanks main reason why people hate america is because we have nice things that they don't and people wonder why we don't really like people outside of the u.s
Don’t worry too much about it- they watch football, but they’ve never PLAYED football. They play rugby and think that it’s hardcore and everything. For them it is. But they don’t understand that the pads in football take away that little instinctive flinch right before contact, so the contact is as hard and fast as you can make it.
"Football is not a contact sport, it's a collision sport - dancing is a contact sport." - Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame Head Coach and GM, Green Bay Packers
Lol, I think my HS LB coach was paraphrasing that but the quote I remember him saying was, “dancing is a contact sport, football is a violent sport.”
I do miss hitting people.
Truer words have never been spoken
GO PACK GO
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Joe flacco hit that got him knocked out and started two fights would’ve made them stop watching football
You summed it up nicely. As someone who played both American football and rugby, there is a big misconception about American football being a "sissy sport" because of the pads, but so many people fail to understand that the pads are what make it so dangerous.
At times people feel too secure that their pads protect them. Thus creating less caution when going in for contact.
My classmate in college played both, he said rugby hurt because you don’t have pads, but if you go full speed you’ll hurt yourself just as much, said it was kinda like wrestling. He said football was keep your head on a swivel or you can get knocked out and the pads just stop you from breaking bones, not feeling the pain.
"I dont really understand it"
*wearing a Giants hat*
me: "understandable"
hey bro no giants slander here
@@phillipbassuk3869 i’m a giants fan too😂
@@titan3101 LMAO I'll give you a pass because you're Giants fan too
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@@Mattriarc self slander is always welcome
RUGBY is a Contact Sport....American Football is an IMPACT Sport.
Here comes the BOOM!
I think you meant collision.
That's one of the best ways to explain the differences David.
American football is a collision sport
Yep
2 teams going in opposite directions
Concussion is bound to happen
Actually, it's a collision sport,but I get your meaning.
When Ray Lewis hits you, your kid gets CTE.
but at least if he kills somebody, he'll have a ride home.
When ray lewis murders you, his friend takes the blame so he can play in the super bowl
Lmao yep.
when Ray Lewis hits you, hopefully it's not with a shotgun
@@chamisi zing!
"Is that why they have so many people on one team? Because he's dead today." Hahaha that was a good one!
All jokes aside that isn't a bad explanation to why there are so many people on the team.
yeah man sad but true
It's partly that, but also because there's no limit on substitutions in American Football, meaning you can substitute out all 11 players between plays, and then put the original 11 back in on the very next play. So you can have a roster full of specialists who are only useful in one specific situation, and then replace them when that situation doesn't exist. Whereas in soccer it doesn't make sense to have 55 to 100 specialist players when you can only substitute 3 players in the entire match.
@@nevets2371 To expand on what someone else said, in American Football a "small team" would ideally have at least a roster with distinct and separate teams on Offense and Defense plus subs and extra players for different formations. Larger teams can afford to have more subs as well as more players in specialized roles for say special teams (Kicking and Receiving). There will be a lot of overlap, reducing the total numbers somewhat but that's a good chunk of guys right there, as covering the various formations would require more than 11 men per team (Offense and Defense). Thats just a single formation, additional formations require changing out one or more players for ones of a different position, like tight end, wide receiver, fullback, linebackers, cornerbacks, etc...
I always played both (and special teams), but especially at the higher levels you specialize as either an Offensive player or Defensive player...for reasons of skill and predisposition as well as purely practical ones.
You wouldn't want your Offensive line to exhaust themselves marching down the field only to have to come back in to the game as the Defensive line...also as the level of play rises the skillsets become less universal. By the same token, you don't want your star wide receiver injured playing nickelback. Or you might only be willing to risk your #3 wide receiver returning kicks. And then there's plain fatigue, minimum I'd say for every two players you need at least one sub...who can play that position. And extra subs for a few positions, like Quarterback, for instance, you need 2 of those, preferably 3.
That one had me dying😂😂😂
I like how they thought the amateur games were clubs. No guys that was high school (secondary school) level.
Yea at least half the clips were high school and college football. Americans are an interesting people. I’m one. Not sure if I’m interesting but yea people that don’t know American sports very well have no idea how crazy we are
Travel for once. Even in Canada my dad calls NHL teams, “hockey clubs”, it’s not an insult it’s actually the term a lot of people use. British folk tend to refer to teams as clubs.
Americans think they’re the only country on the planet.
could be juco....
@@ShookOnesTO a bit bitter are we? Maybe you should reread the comment without the inferiority complex. They weren't insulting you.
@@ShookOnesTO how original. Using the travel insult just because you don't like what an American says.
Great reaction! Thanks for sharing! Being a Tongan born and raised here in the States most of us Polynesian boys grow up playing both sports. As brutal as rugby was, I'd say football takes the cake for brutality and it's actually because of the pads. They give almost a God complex that drive you to do things normal humans wouldn't dare. That and the hitting had a lot less regulations on it when I was still playing ball. Plus in football, you don't have to be carrying the ball to get hit so guys were getting absolutely destroyed on every play. My cousins who come from the islands and play football end up thriving and going to the NFL but they always say football hits are harder because of less rules and more padding. Rugby although it's still very brutal, is more of a gentleman's game. A contact sport. Football is more of a sinister game. A collision sport where CTE has caused so many suicides over the years that the hitting rules have changed the dynamic of the game and caused it to evolve. Thanks for the video fellas!
God bless!
Your Tongan friend from the US!
Came to the comments to say this! The pads allow you to be a human battering ram. I now watch rugby exclusively because the action is continuous, not only because of how the game is played but also how many injury timeouts there are in football.
@@StephanieMRM That's what people underestimate, the pads mean you can slam into people full force. I played in high school and even at that level, ages 15-18, I took hits that rattled my brain and had me slightly dizzy several times. It's a brutal sport
Seems like a lot of you Polynesian boys are quite large too lol. We had a whole very large family of I'm pretty sure Samoans in town, they basically led our high school team to championships for about 10 years straight. I think it was 3 brothers, who all had a handful of kids each, and they just kept coming. They had some other very good players too, not to mention a great coach, but those Samoan kids were a huge factor. I don't think any made the pro's (yet), but I know some at least went on to college ball. Very strong boys, but I don't think the overall size translated as well at the higher levels. Not quite any Junior Seau's in the bunch lol
same dawg im samoan
My boyfriend and his two older brothers are Somoan. And they are rather larger boned bodied people. I'd hate to go against them in football 😅His one brother (the oldest) played football in Hawaii growing up, and I saw pictures of him, and was just SHOCKED how big he was at 10 years old. My boyfriends slightly older brother is definitely bigger than my boyfriend, and at about 18, he graduated wrestling and playing football at 285 of just pure muscle and big boned. My boyfriend is now about to be 18 and he's 225 ish of pure muscle and big bone🤣All three are still growing too! My boyfriend us about 6'2 and I'm 5'7. I don't think I could go against a Somoan or Polynesian in any contact/collision sport. I'd be scared shitless. My boyfriend and I wrestle at home and I don't stand a chance, I just let him win🤣
Y’all need to watch these big hits with sound and not the ones with music. The sound is so violent and even overpowers 100k+ fans cheering. The crowd usually makes a oohhhh in unison too.
Very few stadiums hold 100K, all the ones that do are college.
Most NFL stadiums only hold 60k-80k. College stadiums can hold 90k+ in most Division 1 schools.
God bless everyone Jesus loves you and died for you
@Doug Sawyer rap is amazing. MF DOOM, Joey bada$$, earl sweatshirt etc are amazing artists
@Doug Sawyer thats a very narrow minded view. I love music of all genres...Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Zeppelin, Coltrane, Curtis Mayfield, Beatles, muddy waters, Johnny cash, marty robbins, etc etc. Hip hop and rap absolutely has amazing artists and music. I understand i cant change your mind, but theyres good music in almost every genre. Even in rap.
I love how half of the "NFL's Biggest Hits" are college, high school... hell, even Peewee Football. Haha. ;-)
Some even looked like high school teams to me as well
Well yeah, lots more games at those levels, so more clips.
CFL as well
I was gonna comment USC and Florida gators are not nfl teams
It's because the original video is just biggest hits not nfl biggest hits
Speaking of trash talking, you guys should react to NFL Mic'd Up. Its not just trash talking !
your not very smart my guy they dont put everything they say on that mic ive been playing for 11 years ik for sure we talk shit like lots of shit
@@d.l.n.9576 what? All he said was to check out a video of NFL players trash talking each other. Dont be such a douche 😂 no one cares how long you played football.
@@d.l.n.9576 He didn't say there was no trash talking. He's pointing out that there is more interesting stuff too.
@@d.l.n.9576 -* you’re... lmao. You called him an idiot with improper grammar, while missing the whole point of his comment
@@d.l.n.9576 CTE much?
My football coach used to tell us, “Soccer and basketball are contact sports. Football is a collision sport.”
And he is right
I don't even consider soccer a contact sport. Bunch of long haired divas writhing on the field faking injuries.
@@btube2006 my football coach also called them “foot fairies” 👀😂
@@chandlerbowman2651 Your coach was right
@@btube2006 Maybe professional soccer, I play HS and people have literally pancaked me onto the ground without penalty lol. Not as physical as football by a long shot, but there is plenty of upper body strength and just general sparring that goes into contested balls and trying to get open
"Football is allot more brutal than rugby" THANK YOU! I've also played both in college. D2 for football and D1 for rugby and football was definitely the more brutal. I will say that I loved playing rugby more than football though.
Speaking as someone who's played both sports, I can say with certainty that Gridiron (American) Football and Rugby are more or less even in regards to inflicting damage. I've got the dislocated thigh bone/hip socket from the former and the torn ACL collarbone from the latter to prove it.
@@oceanberserker "more or less even" my ass. Considering the amount of rules Rugby has just to tackle someone, compared to American Football, you aren't legally allowed to inflict the same amount of damage. American Football has guys over 6 feet tall and weighing over 200-300 pounds, running full speed and hitting you has hard as they can. Sure, there aren't pads in rugby, but if american football didn't have pads, there'd be fatalities, not just injuries.
@@assassingod2004 Cool your jets and don't get your panties in a twist, bub. To clarify, head - on collisions don't happen AS often in Rugby as they do in American Football, but they still DO happen and it's no less brutal, even if there's more emphasis placed on skill in tackling rather than just running the other guy over. To wit, think of all the times you've seen the guys on the gridiron get suplexed, fireman'd, and dump truck flipped on the field. That's the kind of thing a Rugby player has to deal with in a match all the time every. Single. TIME. And unlike Gridiron, there's no stoppages whatsoever and no substitutions unless you start painting the grass red like a figurative fire hose. Although, to bring credit back to Gridiron, the only one you're allowed to tackle is the ball carrier as blocking isn't allowed and you're also not allowed to tackle said ball carrier from any other angle other than straightforward so I'd say things even out between the two. But then again, there's the Ruck and the Maul to take into consideration so there's that, but still, I think I've made my point. As stated previously, I have the injuries from both to prove that no matter which side you fall under, neither sport is for pussies.
CTE is probably most prevalent from the NFL. There’s a great movie about it called concussion
It's a terrible ailment, many players have committed suicide from it
I'm surprised it out ranks hockey in that category.
More concussions from biking accidents per year.
@@dylynboswell8946 I guess cuz back then, more nfl players were ALL headhunters. The reason they're are so many safety rules is because of how many former nfl players sue the nfl lmao.
@@josephdahlen6301 I remember when ESPN used to show the "jacked up" segment at halftime during the Monday Night Football games. I always wondered if the reason they stopped showing that was because CTE became a big (well known) issue.
Pads = protection is such a misconception. Big John MCcarthy, a mma referee, had a great example. Try punching a brick wall, then try punching a brick wall with wraps and a glove on. The equipment protects you from your own power, and lets you apply more force than you'd be able to, otherwise.
The more apt thing to point out about pads is their location: head, upper shoulders... places that, by rule, you're not likely to receive a hit in, but are delivering hits with.
Yeah. They stopped being protection and are now more of a weapon.
The theory is called "Risk Compensation". Basically it suggests: the greater the perceived risk, the more careful we are; conversely, the lesser the perceived risk, the more aggressive/reckless we act.
@@BobPapadopoulos Exactly. People overestimate how much padding the players are wearing, as if they're in suits of armor... No. The shoulder pads are big, yeah, but most of the bulk you see on those guys is just... them. They're monstrous huge.
@@jawbone78 Especially when you take into consideration the defensive linemen and OLB shoulder pads. Michael Bennett's shoulder pads barely covered his shoulders!
Some of those hits are illegal today but most were fine when the scenes took place.
some of those were illegal back then too. legality means nothing...just like how seat belt rules are broken all the time
Took place? These hits were illegal for years most of these look pretty recent
Lol, no they weren't.
The closeline one was legal at the time
@@sparkysjoint1616 yes, they were mostly legal at the time. Most of the "illegal today" hits were only illegal by the defenseless receiver rules. Which wasn't in place until 2015. Are some of you like 15 years old and only remember the last 5 years?
I could listen to these guys talk about football for hours. Even though they make some mistakes (not as many as you would think) they appreciate the sport and have light fun humor that keeps me entertained.
to put it into perspective for the european viewers. I am 6'2" (188cm) and 245lb (111kg) and i ran a 40 yard/meter dash in 5 seconds. I was told by our highschool coach that i wasn't big enough or fast enough to be on the football team for my intended position, inside linebacker. That was a state-champ school but still highschool lol.
@@LNB627 Texas
@@jakedajuggernaught yeah. Some guys are massive. By older brother is six foot five and 270 and got put at tight end not as a regular lineman. I’m five foot 10 as a freshman right now, so it’s not all just a bunch of big guys, but they don’t mess around when it comes to linemen.
I’m also a running back which you don’t have to be massive for.
@@thrawnedits5860 I’m 6”4 223 my vert is 37.4 my 40 is 4.54, I’m a wide receiver like my vertical is the highest out of all the WR but still not even close to randys vert lol I ain’t ever touching 49.6 inches lol 😂
@@PTJStudios18 yeah. You have to be an athletic freak to get anywhere near that. Only a very small percentage of professional athletes could even dream of jumping that high.
CTE is a huge deal with the NFL. Look up Junior Seau and learn his story. CTE is something they are currently looking for the NFL to find better ways to deal with it. It's a huge debacle.
Take the pads off and problem mostly solved
@@jacolbyxbx6762 I heard that too. I wonder if they would be willing to do that. You hear if that is on the table?
My doc suspects that I might be dealing with CTE from playing football from Pee-Wee through Semi-Pro. If that _is_ what's wrong, it's nothing to sneeze at. It's a real bitch.
look up Antonio brown honestly
@@jacolbyxbx6762 Yeah, you solve the CTE, but then you end up with the problem they had 100 years ago... a bunch of people dying on the field.
"CTE...is that a thing in American football?"
The NFL actually tried to cover-up how many players get CTE/TBI. There is actually a movie about it called "Concussion" starring Will Smith.
They covered the real cause of cte up by attributing it to the big hits when the real cause is the repetitive minor shots to the head half the players on the field undergo every play. They don't give a damn about cte the big hit protection is to protect star players so the league can make more money
I was thinking about that, it's funny how few people know about that movie.
If you are going to talk about NFL and the concussion thing (yes, I saw the movie. Will Smith brilliant as always) don't give these guys half info. Tell them how they killed themselves because of it. Tell them how they lost their homes, wives, children, lived in their vehicles. Etc. I love football more than anyone. It breaks my heart about concussions and I know it must be getting better with protocols. Unless it's just rigged like my roommate has contended for 25 years.
Tracy sweetie I'm sorry to tell you this but any team sport that makes serious money is rigged to use and dump the players even if they are star players it's just like old school professional wrestling. All the little hits add up over time, a lot like being around loud noises often can lead to hearing issues or not being able to hear certain frequencies.
That was a propaganda movie. These players get millions of dollars and lifetime health insurance. They know what they signed up for
I'm 50 years old and can't remember half the people I graduated high school with, but I remember the number and the team of the biggest hit I took while playing varsity football haha. That stuff sticks with you forever.
I think you may have CTE and PTSD..
CTE is not as common in people who only played High School and whats with the PTSD? Why would a grown ass man have post traumatic stress disorder from football?
I'm only 21, but I started getting seizures when I was freshman in high school. I had played football every year since I was in the 3rd grade until that point. My doctors believed that football was the root cause. It's crazy what kind of damage football may cause your brain.
I love the clip of the kids. You know there was a dad in the crowd saying that's my boy lol!
It amazes me how every single boom is perfectly aligned with a hit
I started playing football in my second year of high school. I nearly got knocked the fuck out in the first day of full pads practice. It took me a while to get used to watching out from all angles. In the end, I had the pleasure of returning the favor on a number of occasions. Good times. Though, 25 years later and my neck and shoulders still hurt.
you gotta start playing in 5/6th grade otherwise you dont have a clue on hit to hit or tackle
@@yugisastar I started in 8th and was a automatic starter
@@mir5168 started as a freshman and instantly became a starting oline
I started playing in 5th grade and it was 5th 6th and 7th graders on the same team.. I don’t know how I made it out a live
@@yugisastar that’s cap you just gotta put in triple the work to make up for missed time ain’t easy to do but someone can start late
I played football since I was 7 and went all the way through college. Some of the older hits you see are illegal now but at the time were fine. I played strong safety so big hitting was my thing lol. You talk about running full force at each other, that's what you're told to do. Run through the opponent. The first person to slow down is always the one who gets hurt from my personal experience. Good vid boys
For real though. Coach used to yell at kids for hesitating. Easiest way to get yourself hurt is to not commit to a big hit.
average age of death for an ex nfl lineman is 57. Yeah, cte is for real.
Sad
That hits hard.
The reality though is that linemen have the least issues with physical disabilities and trauma such as concussions. This is because due to their size and their role on the field, they generally are NEVER moving very fast on the field. The impact of those collisions is a product of mass x velocity. When your velocity is almost always very low, even though you're over 300 pounds going against another 300 pound person, the impacts are not that great. The real injuries are occurring with the guys running fast in the open field as this video demonstrates. Linemen's greatest threat is getting rolled up on from behind and tearing their knees or ankles.
@@jkutyna His point was when the pads, and cleats get hung up for the very last time. Far too many former linemen keep the weight and tax the heart causing themselves chronic health issues of different kinds. CTE was a great point made by you, but linemen sadly meet their end if they don't change course after they retire by way of heart disease, kidney failure, etc.
@@jkutyna That's not how CTE works. Are massive concussions bad? Yes. But thousands of helmet bumps even of low impact have a cumulative effect. Soccer players get it from heading the ball, for instance.
Football players, particularly the lineman, often liken playing football to being in a car crash every play. The sport itself is absolutely brutal, add to the fact that at its highest level, it's being played by the most freakish of athletes. Many players don't have long careers due to the beating their bodies take and the effects - physically and mentally - can indeed last long after their playing days are over, CTE being a major problem in particular.
Love your guys reactions to football, you have a genuine appreciation for it and that's so cool to see.
Every reaction to this video on TH-cam:
OMG, these hits are so brutal, I can't believe these hits are legal!
(7 year old gets lit up)
HAHAHAHAHAHA
The important thing to note is the AVERAGE size of these guys is something like 6'4", 265 lbs. That's across all positions. It's not uncommon to see a 300 pound man running a sub 5 second 40m.
Rugby players are every bit as tough as NFL players, but rugby players aren't immune from the laws of physics. Men that size would decimate on the rugby field.
This has to be the best hits video because of the coordination between the song and the physical hits. I love watching it. And i really appreciate having a person that has actually played both sports comparing them. Also the little tikes hit is my absolute favorite. And the NFL regular season is 16 games, not including preseason or playoffs. You are right about the size of these men. They are gigantic. There isn’t much to compare them to when they are all giant on the sidelines. When you see them with their wives or normal sized humans, it’s comical. They are also incredibly fit and ripped. The offensive lineman type used to be just huge. Now even the OL are huge but fit and fast as well. It’s amazing to watch.
Man i laughed so hard at the little league hit
Great video guys! As a lifelong NFL fan it was great to see the genuine enthusiasm and curiosity.
I am 73 and my body regrets my playing 3 years of high school football, but I loved it back in the day.
I would say that 90% of those hits are now illegal.
I was thinking with the big emphasis on stopping crackback and peel back blocks the last few years, it may be even higher than this.
How did you work out the percentage?
and that 10% that are still legal would draw flags just because they look too violent
One or two of them were illegal then (for example, the blatant facemask). The clips didn't linger for the laundry, though. But yeah, we now have the targeting penalty and some others. If it helps save the health of the players, it's a good thing. But some of the targeting penalties I have seen have been BS calls -- the shoulder makes the contact rather than the helmet, or there was simply no way to raise the head given the body position at the time of impact. Still, as I said, we have to do something to protect the players.
Well at least 25% of them were an illegal hit on a defenseless receiver. Another handful were targeting. A couple were idiot punt returners that decided they didn't want a fair catch, they wanted a spinal injury. Spearing and Crackback blocks are basically illegal.. Then give it a few more years and all blindside blocks will be illegal.
Fun fact: brits invented the term "soccer", and it only caught on in the US.
and "football" has nothing to do with kicking a ball, it means it's played on foot rather than on a horse. People just makes the assumption it's called football because you kick the ball with your feet but that isn't the origin of the word.
@@GD-tt6hl yeah, that’s what happens with most of “American” English. Their British words that only caught on in the colonies.
@@jaydeleon8094 You mean like "they're"?
@@lancervi1762 you think I care enough to proofread my comments on TH-cam? You overestimate how much I care as long as people understand what I say. Even this only took about 30 seconds.
@@jaydeleon8094 Indeed. I was just yankin your chain. Cheers.
Strahan has transitioned into one of a group of hosts on Good Morning America, pretty low on substance but high viewership. Good for him.
Good host balance on that show. Stephanopolous hardly "low on substance". Now the last part of the show is actually the Disney plug section (Disney owns the channel).
He still does Football on fox
He’s making his money, but I can’t stand to watch him with the fake smiles and energy. I guess it’s appealing to stay at home moms and retirees?
Its nice to hear from someone who has had the opportunity to play both Rugby and Football to give their insight on the comparisons between the two.
The best part of this is that when you are watching it on fb live they replay these hits over and over in slow motion. I don’t know how these guys get back up sometimes.
Couple explanations since you guys seemed to be asking:
Re: Dallas Cowboys / New York Giants rivalry: they both play in the same division (a division is 4 teams, currently; historically, it has varied more.) They play twice a year, and are two fairly storied and big-market teams who always get a lot of hype. Each has, at points, been very good (and occasionally pretty bad) but they both have very large fan bases.
Re: games per year: 16 regular season games, plus 3-4 playoff games if you make it that far.
Re: Jets win the Super Bowl: it was the Green Bay Packers who won the first Super Bowl, but the NY Jets famously won the third. This was just after the NFL merged with the upstart American Football League, creating one league with two conferences, the NFC and the AFC. However, since the AFC was the newcomer to professional football, relatively speaking, it was widely regarded as the inferior conference; the first two Super Bowls had very little fanfare, though it was growing. When quarterback Joe Namath of the Jets "guaranteed" a win, it was widely scoffed at, but did hype up interest. Then the Jets won, vindicating his faith in his team, and helping legitimize the parity in the NFL. Nowadays, it's a year-to-year question which conference is better in the NFL.
Re: hits being legal: some of them were definitely illegal. For example, tackling by the face mask is quite illegal, though that was a black and white clip, so it might not have been then. Someone mentioned pulling people down by the hair -- surprisingly, that is totally legal. However, grabbing someone by the collar, inside their shoulder pads, and dragging them down that way, is called a horse collar tackle, and that has been illegal for a while. Some of these hits are questionable by modern standards: in the modern game, you cannot lead with the helmet, and you cannot hit the head and neck area. However, runners are trained to lower their head so they can fall forward and get the extra yards, which can definitely lead to more helmet to helmet collisions where neither had bad intent, just wanted to defend themselves and make a play.
Re: how big they are: size varies considerably by position, but yes, they are typically huge. Offensively Linemen, whose job is to protect the quarterback and push defenders out of the way of the running back, tend to be the largest, usually 6'4"+ and never below 300 pounds at the NFL level. Opposing them, the Defensive Linemen have some different builds; in the center, is 1 or 2 300 pound men, usually just a little over six feet, and just outside of them are usually 2 men near 275-300, depending on the defensive scheme. Those two on the outside are often tasked with driving those those mountainous offensive linemen to the Quarterback. NFL QBs are usually over six feet, and depending on height can weigh from 200 to 250 pounds. Height helps throwing the ball over those big bodies ahead, but some shorter quarterbacks (eg, Drew Brees, Russell Wilson) have had great success. The middle of the defense includes linebackers, usually 250ish and above six feet, tasked with covering the middle area of the field. Behind them is the secondary, which has the smallest and speediest guys on the defense, often at or even below six feet, and rarely much heavier than 220. This is to counterbalance the offensive slate of tight ends (who switch between blocking line a lineman and catching like a receiver, and typically, 250-270 and tall), wide receivers (who vary wildly in height and weight between 6'5" speedsters [Calvin Johnson] and 5'9" agile guys you can't imagine how they stay alive [Wes Welker]) and running backs (typically 6' or below but more heavily built than wide receivers, 200 pounds plus for even the ones below six feet.) Needless to say, you don't want to be a 5'9" guy playing in the secondary whose usually task is to cover shifty receivers when an offensive lineman at 6'6" and 350 lbs picks up a loose ball and starts trucking down the field.
@Peter Cole - Damn, you absolutely nailed it! The only thing I would add is that the Dallas Cowboys are NOT the winningest team, nor are they "America's Team", as both of those designations are applicable solely to THE Green Bay Packers (Oldest team in the league, and an unparalleled 13 championships). That said, congrats to you good sir, and GO PACK GO!!!
I approve this message ^^^^^. My only amendment is that y’all are talking about past great teams as America’s Team. #TitanUp #KingHenry #TheFuture
@@MrOuchiez pretty sure chicago was one of the first teams. Which does make us the oldest rivalry in the NFL. BEAR DOWN!
Rugby is a contact sport
Football is a *COLLISION* sport.
they are both contact sports
@@jakerobertson8832 Sure, but football also has collisions.
I love hearing rugby players setting this straight. I hear "they're so weak they wear pads," so often from people who don't understand how physical and dangerous a sport it is.
When I played in high school I just gave a dead eye stare as I growled.
Once, I talked so much trash and yelled so much I lost my voice . Someone cracked my knee and I couldn't get anyone to hear me asking for help up.
Luckily I was right next to the other teams huddle. As they were talking about their next play, the Quarterback looked down in shock. Then he yelled for my coaches to help me.
At the start of another game, we kicked the ball down the field. As I was trying to find the runner with the ball, someone hit me with their helmet under my chin.
It busted it open.
After a few more plays later someone stepped on my arm.
I ran to the sideline to take a play off.
My coaches looked at me like I had been shot.
Apparently I had blood just pouring all over my Jersey.
They slapped a bandage on my chin and I went back into the game.
At halftime they changed the bandage and I swear to god you could have filled up a cup with the blood you squeezed out of it.
After the game I grabbed and orange and a coke and my dad took to the hospital.
I ended up with 9 stiches in my chin.
They didn't say it but I bet I had a concussion also.
This happened on a Saturday, so on Monday I was back at practice and they gave me a bigger thicker chin strap.
Man I miss playing.
There was nothing better than just cracking someone.
Fun side note, the guy delivering the hit in the first black and white footage was Chuck Bednarik who was the last player to play both offense and defense full time in the pros., center on offense and line backer on defense. A few players would "play both ways" occasionally later on, but he stayed in nearly the whole game. His nickname was Concrete Charley.
Speaking of NY Giants: Lawrence MF'ing Taylor.
I'm a long time fan (although my fandom as faded during Snyder's Reign Of Terror) of the team formally known as the "Redskins" but was a huge fan of LT back in the day. One of the best football players to ever step on a field.
Still to this day LT is the only defensive player that would/could literally change the outcome of a game by himself....and do it 2 or 3 games a year. And btw, I'm a bronco fan.
You actually can tackle someone by pulling him down by his hair. And you cant hit in the knees/head/behind. Other than that, have at it pretty much.
* as long as you don't lead with your head *
You CAN tackle from behind but no Blocking from behind
IIRC you have to be careful how you use the hair--you can't fall down and drag them, or you will get a horsecollar penalty (the same way as if you made horsecollar tackle with the shoulder ads) but otherwise yes, it's considered part of the uniform
"Horse collar" tackle is illegal. You can't grab the back pads, right behind the neck, and pull the guy backwards. There are also some special rules about tackling the QB.
@@ATLMike94 No, tackling by hair is legal.
Giants and Cowboys have a rivalry cuz they're in the same division, the NFC East. A lot of the biggest rivalries are usually between teams in the same division. Every note and then you'll have rivalries outside of divisions (Niners vs Cowboys, frequently played each other in the playoffs during the 1990s) or even outside of conferences (San Francisco Niners vs Oakland Raiders, cuz they were both located in close proximity to each other, but Raiders are more in Las Vegas).
I absolutely love seeing these reactions videos. American football is no joke. Don't be fooled by the pads, the power alone of someone coming towards you, leaning in with all their weight and strength is not to be underestimated.
Go Big Blue!
This is the video reaction that made me a fan of the office blokes
like 95% of these hits are before 2008 so they USED to be legal hits but not anymore
CTE is a huge thing that the NFL and other sports dismiss.
@Joshua Frye yeah let’s make the sport more dangerous as if players and ex players still don’t deal with long term mental and psychological problems.
@Joshua Frye they knew about it for decades that’s how
I'll take cte at 60 to be a millionaire at 21...
Dawg what? They've been changing rules for years for that exact reason. Like hello?
This makes such little sense in that the only reason you even know what CTE is is due to the NFL. Nice try bud 🤣
Back in the day (60's/70's) the coaches would tell you to hit them so hard that they blow snot bubbles.
My football coach had a glass eye from playing college ball in the leather helmet, one, or no crossbar over the face....dude went knuckle deep in his eye socket on a tackle. Glass eye was a fact, old timers said he kept playing...he made something of us. He made us understand authority, discipline, playing as a team not as an individual, give it your all, win or lose, if you don't have a bone sticking out of your body get back in there and do your job, the game isn't over, the team needs you...and you performed to that standard...no sniffling, no whining, no crying, no excuses. Good life lessons...still remembered.
My dad had season tickets to the Washington redskins. for 1pm games we would wake up at like 8 be there at 10, the game would end around 4pm then you’d hangout in the parking lot till like 6 and finally leave. You guys are right about it being an all day event lol
My parents and I had Bills season tickets, we live east of Toronto Canada though... out the door at 7:30, across the border and at the Orchard Park wegman's grocery store by 10. 5 minutes to the stadium, let the tailgating begin!
Lots of these are older hits when they were still allowed
Player: (gets CTE)
Player: “I’m fine, coach!” Lol
Fantastic video! I loved that y’all just had great things to compliment American sports about and kept everything very positive ! To the Brit (sorry I’m new to this channel) who knew a lot about football. You were pretty much spot on! Thanks for giving an interest into other sports. This was a great video
As someone who played football growing up then rugby in college for fun the way I describe it is this.
Rugby is more consistently painful throughout the course of a full game but the hardest 25 times ive been hit has been in football and its not even close. Football just generally allows for so much more space and momentum building up to a hit and the pads make you feel invincible when in reality they protect virtually nothing and serve more function as a battering ram than they do a shield.
I subbed when I saw “Michael strahan” with a NY giants hat on 😂
a lot of people move in their life so they follow the team where they are in life. Like this guy who just decided, I'm in New York so i'm picking the New York Giants. Plus there wasn't a team within 100 miles of where i was born and i only lived their til i was 2. But i do follow my hometown team of my youth the 49ers. it was where i grew up.
I played "american" football from age 6 to age 16 i broke 6 bones not counting fingers and toes, and several concussions, i didn't stop playing because of injuries just thought drugs where cool(i was dumb) but my point is i was already 6'0 and 230 lbs with decent athletic ability at 15 and even at that size you can't avoid injury. Its great to see other countries taking a peek at are favorite sport i hope it takes off in europe. Also you have to love the sport to play it, the practices are much more grueling than the games.
I love how you guys are so positive, plus get into the videos quick which is awesome haha. Easy sub from a Canadian, also how you guys are honest and okay with asking questions/being wrong. Thumbs up all around
I realize I’m late to the game, but CTE is huge in the NFL, football in general. An example would be Aaron Hernandez, the TE of the NE Patriots who was convicted of murder and wound up committing suicide in prison. When an autopsy was completed, it stated it was the worst case to have ever been seen in someone his age. Btw, LOVE the Giants cap!! Great taste ! ❤️💙
The Cowboys, Giants, Eagles and Redskins all hate each other because they are some of the oldest teams and they have always been in the same division. So they play each other twice every year where the would only play any given other team once every few years, so of meeting in the playoffs.
Cardinals USED to be in that same division for the longest time (and are the oldest franchise) so there is still a bit of a rivalry between them sometimes. And rivalrys kinda come and fade away.. some of them aren't always the greatest to watch (right now, the whole division those 4 teams are in is absolute trash) and then some rivalries (such as the Cowboys and the 49ers in the 1990s) come as a result of playoff results, or what players (Dion Sanders) do to disrespect or potentially cause fights during a game.
If you haven't seen them recently, the Cardinals and Seahawks rivalry is probably one of the best to watch right now. Whenever those two teams play, they put EVERYTHING out there, even if they have incredibly different records - they'll still make it worth the watch.
@@majorplothole2620 dang u beat me to it
Elthenar is correct about the start of rivalry but it really goes back to money and power. Back when the NFL had many fewer clubs and before they merged with the upstart American Football League (now the AF Conference since their merger in 1970), the Cowboys were part of the Eastern Division with the other teams. This benefited the Cowboys tremendously as they developed fan bases in these high population east coast cities and their population dense TV markets. As the NFL grew in popularity the Cowboys became a very consistently good football team increasing the strength of their brand to the point that by the 1970s they were named "America's Team" by the NFL's promotional department, NFL Films. The label has stuck over the years despite whether it was actually true or not. This incredible popularity brought wealth, prestige, and power to the Cowboys within the league. So much power that, despite the addition of many, many teams over the years and several realignments of conferences/divisions into more sensible geographic regions, the Cowboys organization has always ensured that they ALWAYS stayed in the same division as those east coast cities despite the geographic disparity. That is the real reason the Cowboys are still in the same division and play those teams.
Rivalries usually exist because teams will be in the same division or conference, not necessarily close to each other geographically.
There are 2 conferences (American and National Football Conference) with 16 teams in each conference. Each conference has 4 divisions (north, south, east, and west) with 4 teams in each division.
AYEEE he's been to a TN Titans game? I'm from Tennessee. Represent!
Thursday night game tonight.
Brui y’all just earned my subscription
I've played football in High School and have been on both sides of hits like this. The pads are a false sense of protection. The injuries usually come from the hits you're not prepared for, at least for me. If I could see it coming, usually I could prepare for it, and was able to bounce right back from it. Especially if you learn how to fall properly. Laying hits like this, if you do it right, you don't feel it, at least for me. I was 6'4", 230lbs. I had thought about trying to go on and play in college, but after my senior year, I said, yeah, I'm done with this, especially taking hits like this 20°F and snow. It feels like your bones are breaking.
Great job boys! NFL hits are insane. The players are modern day gladiators. They are literally putting their lives and health on the line in every game. The bravery is incredible! I am an American. If you learn the rules, not easy to do so don't get frustrated, you will love the game with all of its intricacies and also the unbelievable athleticism. They are the best all around athletes in the world, in my opinion. American football fans would love to have teams in England and other countries. Cheers!
8:36 I was at this game. A lot of these are just big hits at random points within the game, but this hit comes with a story.
I was in my sophomore year at South Carolina and in the marching band. It's 2013, in Tampa, at the Outback Bowl. We got to travel to all of the bowl games and man, this hit was like lightning struck the stadium. You could hear it from the top of the stands and the entire stadium just erupted. The band were all screaming their heads off.
It had been such a close game, and the previous play ended with what clearly should have been a turnover on downs, but the ref inexplicably ruled it a first down for Michigan. The ball was inches short of the down marker, you could see it clear as day on the jumbotron; this wasn't a situation where fans from one team believe one thing and fans from the other believe another, it was the easiest call the refs would have to make all day and they just straight-up blew it. I have no idea what they were thinking.
Anyways, it was a super tense situation, and that BS first down call could very well have cost us the game. Of course we were all pissed, team, fans, coaches, announcers, everybody. And then, this was the very next play. Huge sack by Jadaveon Clowney, forced fumble that he reaches down and picks up with one of his massive hands and then gets a few yards before being taken down. It was absolutely electric. SC went on to take the lead and win, the team had momentum after this.
I will never forget how insane this moment was. It felt like divine retribution, like Clowney was just effortlessly exerting his will over Michigan and the refs. It was absolutely ridiculous.
Needless to say, I didn't have a voice for a few days afterward.
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Love the vids boys. George kittle or gronk play super physical (american) football, you should react to their highlights!
As an American it is funny to see British react to our sport
I played for Mainland High School, Daytona Beach, FL. Defensive Right Tackle. I've seen crazy hits. Two players went head to head and broke their necks. American military and sports are some dedicated gents. I've lost mates in both...All aboot passion. Which is why I lent towards music. However I've seen some crazy shit at concerts too. Guess no one's safe. XD
16 games plus preseason and postseason, but your point is correct
Some of these hits are illegal due to NFL tries to curb injuries especially to the head (brain), CTE. But legal hits are big too.
Some teams have huge national fan bases and often fill up away stadiums. Big 3 are Steelers, Packers and Cowboys.
Though the largest stadiums are all college football stadiums.
CHIIIEEEFS!
One thing I was taught in Highschool (Secondary) American football is and I quote from my coach, “you’re wearing hundreds of dollars worth of equipment. When you tackle, run through them. You’re a semi, they’re a tree. Take down that tree.” I feel like that’s the mentality of football players. You’re wearing pads and a helmet so let’s go 1000%
Nothing better than lighting up someone's whole God damn life on the field
10:15 Pulling someone's hair is actually a legal move. Good choice in team though, even though we been trash these last years.
Lmao ill never forget Andre Ellington getting his dreads pulled out on a tackle and the player holding them up like hes the predator with a skull
Half of these hits are kam chancellor and boy did we like having him on the Seahawks, that man is a beast and legitimately scary.
We used to call him "Kam CANCELER". Because he used to CANCEL fools.
New England has been 20 years on top and the most successful ever. Insane, luckily for me I’m from Boston. Dallas was amazing in the 90’s and everyone hates them but their rivalry with the Giants is because they are in the same division.
Dallas was the original patriots from the 60s to the 90s .. that’s why they’re hated so much .. patriots seem to be close to the most hated team now
@@dayra6425 Dallas's dynasties were in the 70s, then again in the early 90s. They were a decent team in the afl in the 60s. 80s Cowboys=trash.
@@cerberus2654
1980 12-4 ..
1981. 12-4
82 6-3
83 12-4
84 9-7
85 12-4.
They were only trash for 5 years then started winning super bowls again .
@@cerberus2654 cowboys were never in the afl, you're thinking of the dallas texans, which became the kc chiefs
I wouldn't say that Patriots are the most successful ever. They are the second team ever to win 6 Superbowls, with the Steelers being the first. They are both currently tied at 6. Also, the Patriots have been proven to have cheated to get to some of those Superbowls so there is that.
First time watching this content but I really enjoyed your takes on all things American Football. :)
I'm subbing and looking forward to future content.
First time watching one of your videos!!! I’m all in now. Subscribing to”all”!!!
As a former football player in Canada (Oline) most of those hits were legal at the time but in today's football the vast majority of those would get a penalty. The NFL was sued due to the head injury deal so a lot of new rules have been implemented to try and protect against head injuries now, but there are still some big hits but not like it use to be.
The ultimate hit was when LT broke Joe Theisman’s leg
Still waiting to see anyone tough enough to highlight that. OMG. But the worst I have ever seen was the Minnesota/Saints Playoff that ended Brett Favre forever. A broken leg is one thing, an entire game is something entirely different.
@@tracysnow349 I remember Fabre getting knocked out cold, that was a really hard hit.
I’m sure there’s a lot of hard hits out there but usually both players get up and keep playing. Theo’s man and Favre it both pretty much ended their careers. I saw Theisman in a commercial once and he didn’t walk quite right...
I was watching it on TV when it happened, and saw the slow-mo replay. I've never watched it again.
There is a film "concussion" about brain injuries in American football. Head to head tackles are illegal now as are blindside tackles
Blindside tackles aren't illegal. You must mean something else.
@@larryyeadeke7409 sorry, I mean blindside blocks, a lot of them are illegal
British guy asking about CTE within 1 minute of his first ever viewing of American football, meanwhile the NFL been ignoring it for decades lol
To answer some of those questions at the end - Giants are in the same division as the cowboys so they play each other twice a year every year and only one team from each division is guaranteed a spot in the playoffs so those games mean more. Jets were the 1st AFL team to win the superbowl (#3). Packers won 1 and 2, but have the most NFL championships with 13 total (9 of which are pre superbowl or the nfl-afl merger). Most of those hits are illegal now. Helmet to helmet, defenseless receiver, blindside blocks all illegal. However you can tackle someone by their hair, it's considered an extension of the uniform if you choose to have your hair like that. There are 16 games, 1 bye week = 17 weeks total. Not including preseason or playoffs; the format is changing next year, however.
CTE issues/deaths/lawsuits are the exact reason the NFL has made so many rules changes over the last decade...making many of the hits in this video now illegal. To protect the players, and attempt to protect themselves from worse lawsuits.
I guess it's their way of making the game safer, but you can still light someone up.
Joe Theisman had both his legs broken. It could be heard throughout the stadium when they both snapped. I cringe just remembering as a kid.
I watched that game. I still can't watch the old clips, it turns me sick. You know it's bad when the opposing player that dealt the hit is the one screaming for the med team. LT was crazy upset.
The Buffalo punter, Evan Finegan, broke his leg playing against Penn State last year. It was compared to Theisman's however, he has recovered and is still on the team. The video is hard to watch though.
That was horrific.
@Nicole Jessica you could probably find it on TH-cam. I’m not looking, I can still see it when I think about it.
@Nicole Jessica a full football stadium is pretty loud, you can literally hear the bones when they break. That’s how bad.
Look up highlights of three players, Aaron Donald, Jack Tatum, and Deacon Jones. They will show you how they hit.
That hurt just reading about it!!!
I have to tell all 3 of you again how entertaining this is. Keep up the great work.
"See what I'm dealing with" 😂😂😂😂😂 as a giants fan this took me out
Since there's a Giants fan in the mist, take a look at "Meet The Most INTIMIDATING Player In NFL History"
Anyone with football knowledge knows Lawrence Taylor would smoke an ounce of Crack and make you shit yourself every game. Dude scares the shit out of me but his cameo in Adam Sandlers The Waterboy is my fav thing ever
"Mean Joe Green"...The Iron Curtain...The Fearsome Foursome... Dick Butkus... back when football .... was football and quarterbacks and receivers were fearless test flight acrobats...
There is a GREAT Documentary that came out in 1994 on the Giants and Cowboys rivalry called "Little Giants"...
Jk
Classic.
There is some crossover of skillsets between rugby and gridiron football. The biggest difference between the two is the way in which the games are played. Rugby is fluid, while gridiron is played like a series of set pieces, to borrow an analogy from a third sport - association football. Gridiron football is *designed* to produce high speed collisions.
American football players are tremendously powerful, explosive athletes. For example, running backs, roughly equivalent to rugby fullbacks, ideally have a combination of attributes. NFL running backs are typically between 5'10 and 6'2, weigh 210-240 pounds, and possess world class speed as well as the balance and grace of ballet dancers. In fact, some players take ballet courses as part of their off season training.
The main indicator of a player's speed is the 40 yard dash, rather than the 100m. The fastest players in the NFL cover that distance in 4.2 seconds from a dead start. For frame of reference, Usain Bolt covered the same distance in 4.19 seconds when he ran his world record 100m.
Other measurement criteria are the standing broad jump, the vertical leap, and various speed drills designed to assess lateral quickness, as well as the ability to transition from running forwards to backward and back to forward again.
Cardio fitness is less important than anaerobic, short burst fitness. Football players rarely cover more than 50 meters at a time on a given play, and often far less than that. But it's a mistake to assume they're unfit. As a young person, I played both association football and gridiron football. I can confirm that both are extremely taxing, but in completely different ways.
There are few things I've experienced in life more viscerally satisfying than the perfect, teeth-rattling, bone-jarring football hit. It's pure music.
I do love when Rugby guys think it compares to football. While they do have some similarities they have such huge differences. It's like comparing cross country with the 100 meter dash.
Some of my best memories of playing American Football in highschool was telling the guy lined up across from me that I was going straight through him, and then doing. Such a powerful feeling
American Football fans can be lumped into 4 categories:
Homers: They root for their home team
Haters: Root for the home team's biggest rival
Transplants: Homers who moved in from another city
Bandwagoners: Root for a team that was good when they first started watching
Rivalries are almost always between teams that play in the same division.
What categories are bears fans? Because we sure arent bandwagon fans.
Most people I know that you call "Bandwagoners" fell in love with a team and the hype surrounding them when they were 10 or 12 years old. I am a Raiders fan because I lived in California in 1982 when the Raiders where the shit. I have always been a fan even when they suck (which has been a lot). I would by definition call myself "Die-Hard". "Bandwagoners", IMO, are those who are fans only when the local team is good. The biggest group of "Bandwagoners" I have ever seen are Seahawks fans. After they won their first Super Bowl I saw people wearing Seahawks gear that I didn't even know watched football. I guess It's a matter of being fashionable by associatiating with success.
@@yukikodavila4907 So you object to the term 'bandwagoners'- In this case it's referring to serious fans who- as you say- fell in love with a team for no other reason than they were good at the time they started watching, and not the fairweather variety who lose interest or switch teams after a bad season or two. If your home team (whether that's the city you're originally from, or the city you were living in when you started watching) happened to be good when you started in and you stuck with them through the bad times, that doesn't make you a bandwagoner, it makes you a homer. If you support a team, but only when they win, it makes you a fairweather. If you don't watch football, but wear the gear when it's in style, then I wouldn't even consider you a fan. A bandwagoner supports a team that he has no other connection to besides the fact that they were good when they started watching.
You might be missing one. Fans who root for the players. We are dealing with that in New England. A lot of Pat's fans are now Tompa Bay fans, because of Brady.
@@Omegasupreme21That had actually occurred to me, too- That had always been more of a basketball thing in the past, but with the advent of free agency and fantasy football, it has definitely caught on with the younger generation of football fans over the last 20 years or so.