Most of these guys got back up, and went right back to the scrimmage line. Keep in mind these are some of the biggest toughest, most physically fit men on the planet.
Lots of the hits you see in this video are now illegal. Some of those hits were illegal at the time they happened. Keep in mind that these are a biggest hits compilation over many years. You don't see hits like that every game.
A lot of people have a misconception about the pads. Thinking it stops injuries and such. But wearing them makes you feel invincible and you put your body in positions that you wouldn't without them. You won't see people lowering their head to hit someone in the face without a helmet. And imagine how much force it takes to break a collar bone when wearing shoulder pads. Grown men in the NFL weighing 200-250lbs running 15-20mph or faster at times and slamming into you as you're also running full speed. It's violent. It's brutal. It's fun to play and watch.
For you as a European "Football" fan, ENGLAND created the word SOCCER!! America ADOPTED the word in the 1920s because the US had created "American Football" in the 1880s (which involved primarily KICKING the ball--which was changed to HAND passing in 1900). Just a pet-peeve comment about the history of British Football/American Soccer
Absolutely smashing video. By the way... soccer is an English term, and by that I mean British. "AsSOCiation football" was shortened in the way of the times to "SOCcer". They gave it to us and it stuck, and now everyone pokes fun at Americans for using their own word.
Colonial peoples often retain lingusitic artifacts long after theyve been lost in the homeland. The American Southern accent is very close to the middle class English accent of the 1700s.
American Football is truly a gladiator style sport. Professional players come up thru the High School and College/University system playing (many getting nearly free schooling for playing), the survivors are then "drafted/conscripted" by a professional team and guaranteed astronomical salaries( the minimum a non-kicker can be paid is over 5 times the average US annual salary, which is over 3 times my salary, and if they make it to a second contract it can be in the millions yearly). Careers are determined by injury. When you peel away the facade, it really is a gladiator sport for modern times. I love it, but when you see the aftereffects on the players as little as a decade after they "retire" it's sad. Most have permanent mobility issues, lifelong pain issues, and yes, brain damage. Welcome to America. As for the sport itself, think of it like this. Football/Soccer is a fluid game, like a real time strategy game, American Football is timed to the second, in short bursts called "Plays", like a turn based strategy game. Its rules heavy, and the rules are altered on an almost yearly basis, usually to deal with previous rules needing to be cleaned up or player safety issues ( which only started in the early 2000's). It really is a "war game", one side is the offense, the other the defense, and like war there is a field general (the quarterback for offense, and usually a linebacker for the defense, coaches for each position and a head coach that makes most of the decisions before the play) the "goal" is to penetrate far enough into the defenses territory to score in different ways. It takes quite a bit of study to get a full grasp of the rules, but Ive given you a very brief description.
also, all an NFL player has to do is make it three years in the league to be guaranteed a lifetime pension... last i heard the minimum pension was 168k a year. when they sign those contracts, they don't get all that money. a large part of it goes into the players' association's pension fund.
Almost every person who plays football in college dreams of going pro, but the reality is that there are about one thousand players a year who meet the criteria for going pro but they are competing for forty to fifty rookie spots on the teams. As they told my son, do the math being good is no guarantee of a career.
Career longevity depends on your position -- and luck. A lot of guys are done by 30-ish. Quarterbacks and kickers can have long careers. (Part of what makes Tom Brady perhaps the GOAT QB was that he was good into his 40s.)
Which is entirely because he is the luckiest QB to ever exist. In terms of ability he was above average but definitely not the best he just had everything fall into place for him. Also helps when you have consistently one of the best O lines in front of you through out your entire career and aren’t getting tenderized anywhere near as often as other arguably better QBs in overall ability.
@@geraldgrant1234 he’s definitely top 3 or 4 just not #1 in terms of ability he’s just not. Most of his stats are padded to hell and back anyway given the fact the entire offensive scheme of the Patriots was dink and dunking
@@hbsavage0387 Name one QB in recent times who came out of retirement to sign with a bad team and win the Superbowl the first season after signing. Tom Brady is and will forever be the GOAT of QBs until someone somehow gets 8 or more rings.
This is why CTE is so rampant in football and boxing. It is present in hockey and soccer, but it does not seem to be as bad. They want your head up and to hit with your shoulder pad. It is safer for both players. Leading with your head, i.e. the crown of your helmet, is now a 15-yard penalty. In the college game there is also a targeting penaly that ejects the offending player.
Rugby and football have similar hits but what sets football apart is that it’s at speed. When players like Tyreek Hill can clock in at about 22 mph it really is inertia and mass taking over
As a lifelong football fan I find it impossible to be a fan of soccer ,a sport where if you even look in a guy's direction he falls to the ground screaming for about 5 minutes .
@@dalehammers4425 Watched an MLS playoff game yesterday with some friends as it was my local MLS team. Nothing happened at all for just over 90 minutes, then we won in a shootout. Can we just skip the 90 minutes, and do shootouts? That shit was fun to watch.
I respect the athleticism it takes but I see what what you are saying. I don't know how you could call yourself a man after some of the flops that are out there.
American football is a violent chess game. All the players have specialized roles. The offence uses designed plays to try and move down the field and the defense designs strategies to disrupt the offence. Many people who watch football never understand the underlying mind game that is going on but enjoy identifying with their regional team.
I played in highschool wasn't a starter mainly special teams, kickoff, kick/punt return. I got bulldozed over one game and don't remember getting up. Next thing I new I was sitting on the bench with the trainer shining a flashlight in my eyes. Probably had a concussion but I went back in for the next kickoff and then had to play on defense in the second half. Don't remember anything else from that day but my head ringing like a bell. CTE is a big problem with a lot of older players before they made helmet on helmet hits illegal and helmet technology has vastly improved.
Played D line in high school definitely wasn’t a starter but it was fun (also one of the only things that ever made me excited about school) and I mostly remember just going at it hard enough to where the coaches were actually worried and I’m just out there wanting more.
For someone who never watched a game, I was impressed by your questions and thoughts. Since around 15 years ago, the NFL rules changed a lot. You are no longer allowed to ‘lead with your helmet’. You cannot hit any player in the head with any meaningful amount of force. Players get penalties for being excessive, and particularly egregious hits will get you fined by the office. You watched a reality that practically doesn’t exist anymore, but it was when football was in its finest form.
The average NFL career is around 2 or 3 years. But some players manage to play for far longer than that. The guy who got hit and lost his helmet at 4:18 was Tom Brady. That hit happened in 2001. But Tom Brady would continue playing in the NFL for another 21 years after that (he finally retired at the age of 45 after the 2022 season and 2023 playoffs) and is now widely regarded as one of the best (if not THE best) quarterback in NFL history.
@@josprince4901 The guy making the video literally asked about how long the average NFL career was so I gave him an answer. Next time, watch the video before commenting.
@@mrdrfez Ya, but within the context of his question, he was asking how long the average was because he was watching players take massive hits which could end careers early. So he was wondering how much of an effect injuries have on career length, which is why the 2-3 years statement can be misleading without explaining why its that short on average.
@@TheSpencer1000 Yup, and he clearly meant the average retirement of actual players, as he brought up the average player retires around mid 30s in football(soccer). He doesn't care about the 640 players that are cut from the NFL altogether every season, to significantly destroy the average career statistic.
As someone who has watched American football my entire life and obviously understand it pretty well, it really is the best sport on earth in my biased opinion! Most ppl who say they don't like it just don't take the time to learn how the game works....well worth the time to learn! Maybe you should do a video soon on the basics of American football
There is a lot of complexity to it that is lost on people that don't know the sport. It's a mashup of gladiatorial games and chess, and lends itself to some of the most insane displays of athleticism that just isn't possible in most sports.
Just remember if you're a NFL Ball Carrier/RB, you have to watch out for 250-300 lb tanks who can run 16+ mph. And thats just on the defensive line and backing core
I work with a former NFL linebacker and at 48 he can barely walk from the lower body injuries. I wouldn’t know how to describe the effects on his brain, but he has told me that some mornings he wakes up and it feels like a rage headache that makes him dizzy. His father, brother, and Uncle all played in the league as well, and have all paid a physical price according to him.
This is unfortunate, but they make millions knowing this will happen to them. Blue collar workers end up the same way but make barely any money and have to work for 30 to 40 years instead of 5 to 10. Most die a few years after retirement well most NFL players go on to do other things for years. Only a small percentage of NFL players experience symptoms this bad. Most go on to have good retirements. Almost all of blue collar works are screwed up when they retire and have very short painful retirements.
When I was a kid in Pop Warner (10-13 year olds - early 70's) this was called "getting your bell rung" and you were expected to "walk it off" in few a minutes of pacing behind the bench. Pretty much anyone who has played organized football at any level has a concussion story about themselves or a teammate, and it's usually told for laughs. Yes, Concussive Trauma is a big deal now - players have gone insane and killed people and/or themselves after retirement due to the repeated damage - which can only be diagnosed at autopsy.
Don't know if you can recognize it, but a good portion of these clips are from college football games (and of course there are a few high school and younger teams scattered in there), where the students playing were not even getting payed yet. These are good, hard hits... but luckily they're not showing the plays where joints get bent backwards or bones stick out afterward. It's amazing that only one player has ever died during a game (play continued) back in the 1970s, but of course, there are plenty of players affected by concussion-related problems.
Concussion designations and CTE are relatively new within the last 15 years so there’s probably not great data on it. When I played concussions were called getting your bell rung and nothing more was done. Towards then end of my playing they did reactionary tests on the computer before the season in order to build a baseline of timing then give you the same test when a possible concussion happens to test the difference in reaction. Probably have better tests now cause a lot of guys would purposely test slower so they could go back and play
@@rollomaughfling380 I meant the data on them and scientific research. CTE was discovered in 2002. RELATIVE as in to when the sport was first played. First time I took a concussion base test before a season was 2007 which you test your reaction time normally so that they can compare your reaction time if they think you may be concussed. Concussion protocol was not introduced for game day till 2011. Only way they can test it still is when a player has died still on way to test on living people.
At 3:34 that blindspot its now an illegal tackle to hit them in their blindspot or from behind that's called a blindside block/tackle and it could result in a penalty or ejection
Now a days we have equipment and certain rules to protect each other being a full contact sport that embraces hits like this we try to keep each other safe while putting on a show. It seems painful and it is depending on where you get hit but for the most part you will be Ok unless something actually goes wrong
These are a different breed of men with no delusions of the risk, most start as kids in the pop warner league and you find out very quickly if it's for you I remember the first week we started with about 50 kids by the end of the first week about 35 kids and the final team was 20 kids.
If you really want a crash course on American football, look for some of the older games with John Madden as a commentator. He was one of the greatest because someone with no understanding of the game and never having seen a game could watch a game or two and have a solid understanding of the game. He explained everything in a way that was understandable by anyone at any level of understanding, and not just the rules but why plays were a smart choice or why it didn't work.
When I was in high scool. There was a guy that was a DT, sometimes HB. Tank of a dude, he flipped his turned over Chevrolet Blazer like it was nothing.
A recent study done focused on the force of these hits and how they are hit. Getting tackled/hit the way some players experience is the equivalent of a severe car crash so many of the do suffer things like whiplash and many other serious injuries.
There's a purpose for these hits... Every inch matters. The offense gets 4 tries to gain a total of 10 yards or more. If they do, they get 4 MORE tries to go the next 10, and so on until they work their way down the field(pitch) and score. They fight to gain every inch they can. Defense goes all out to stop them dead in their tracks, or better yet, knock the ball loose so YOUR team can get it and go the other way. They are gladiators in a giant violent game of chess. The pads and helmet offer less protection than stormtrooper armor.
I have delivered and received hits like these, and I can say that it does leave your head ringing. It can be savage, and it's the greatest sport around
Ok im going to try and answer as many questions as possible hang in there. Average career: 2.5-3 years, this is partially because of injuries, but a massive part of it is most guys just never stick and are gone quickly. The nfl has a draft of college players every year where about 250 kids join the league, another few hundred will get a chance after not being selected, this leads to the vast majority of short carrers for guys that just couldnt cut it. A good career is 10-15 years. Also you have to play a few years college in most cases to join the NFL so players don't go pro till they are 21-24. Tackle anyone: tackle is only used when talking about yhe ball carrier, you are allowed to hit everyone else but it is called blocking. Tons of rules about what is and isn't allowed. Can you use your helmet: no, using your helmet as a weapon is illegal, normally this only gets called for head to head contact because its hard to use your shoulder without your head getting on there. How many injuries are there: basically everyone is some level of hurt by the end lf the season. Normally a few guys per team will be out for the season every year with a couple hundred games missed per team. For example my titans were the most injured team last year, teams are 53 players, over a 17 game season we had 312 games missed due to injuries and 34 players out for the season. Had yo play a total of 87 different players. Its brutal. I can see why people watch this: as much as it is the violence its actually morr about the strategy and tactics. In American football you have 53 players and unlimited substitutions so players are very specialized in their roll. This makes for a giant chess match where both sides are constantly swapping players in and out to stay fresh and get a tactical advantage. Illegal hits: No grabing the facemask No head to head No grabbing the collar from behind The picking people up and slamming them is a grey area up to the refs to decide. Illegal blocks: no blocking in the back no cutting out the legs(modt of the time) No blocking back tword your end zone(the ones you see the guys blind sided when they don't have the ball in this) No grabbing the other teams uniform except in the front between the shoulders. No facemask again The nfl rule book is 300 pages so ill stop there its the most common stuff. Edit: speed: idk how fast you are but these guys are crazy fast. The fastest guys run the 100m around 10seconds, there get up to over 20mph(32.2kph) in pads. The averagefor a slimmer NFL player around 180-200lbs(80-90kg) is about 4.5sec 40(36.5m). Sorry for the massive post but didn't want to spam the comment section 🍻
My brother played 6 years in the NFL. When he retired he needed 7 surgeries to finish repairing the damage to his body. He never fully recovered from any of it.
Welcome to the NFL, its one of the big four sports we have here. The others are MLB, NBA and NHL, and don't forget college football, it's bigger than the NFL. The 15 biggest stadiums are all college.8 are over 100K.
A hit is not a tackle. BUT a tackle can be a hit. I see the same confusion in NHL hits (no tackles in the NHL). Also, you have to take into the rules of the time era I think most people do so .. also am sure someone else explained what blocking is down in the comments because I am 5 days late lol. ( I just never see anyone explaining the difference between the two hits v. tackles?) There are these things called "suicide passes" or I think people in the UK call them "Hospital passes" which is usually crossing routes over the middle. Those lead to a lot of blindside hits.
As far as dying on the field, only one player has ever died on the field. Chuck Hughes in 1971, from wikipedia, "A postmortem examination revealed that Hughes was suffering from undiagnosed and advanced arteriosclerosis (one of his coronary arteries was 75% blocked) and that he had a family history of heart disease. The direct cause of death was a coronary thrombosis, which caused a massive myocardial infarction that cut off the blood flow to his heart." Recently, January 2, 2023 Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field after his heart stopped. Immediate and effective medical response was present and managed to revive him. He spent about a week and a half in the hospital before being released to rehab on his own. As far as I have heard, he has been medically cleared to return to football, and has announced his intention to do so, but has not played in this season. As far as career length NFL careers have a median length of just under 3 years, vs soccer at just under 8 years, though some high skill players play for much longer in both sports.
Can confirm, watching hockey for the fights and watching football for the tackles are very similar (also, watching NASCAR or other racing for the crashes). I know a couple people that fit all three of those categories. 😆
Just so you know per your question about Brain Damage. AS of th 2021 Season due to concerns about concussions and what not. There are now CONCUSSION protocols to make sure that the players get the proper time to heal HOWEVER, 99% of the hits on this video were just HARD HITS, the players were able to get back up and depending on what quarter of the game these happened in, everyone of these players were back in the game to finish it within 1-6 plays called.
When running at their max speed, an American Football player hits with the same force as a vehicle moving at 30+ MPH or 48.2 KPH. So the saying: "They hit like a truck" is very true in American Football. Also, most hits are blindside hits, so they dont see it coming. Its common that at least ONCE per game the medical team will need to come out onto the field to check on a player. Both in College games and NFL games. Doesnt happen too often in HighSchool games. Most American Football players are big guys with lots of muscle.
I believe it was Raider Safety Jack Tatum # 32 that best described Football as a Collison sport. BTW Jack Tatum was fondly known as "The Assassin". He played for the Oakland Raiders of the 1970's ( Superbowl 11).
You will see big hits in every game. Now, obviously some of the games have a bigger meaning behind them, whether they be a huge Rivalry game such as Bears vs Packers; Ravens vs Steelers; Eagles vs Cowboys; 49ers vs Seahawks; Chiefs vs Broncos... Or a game Kate in the season that a team is fighting to get into the Playoffs or for a certain position in the Playoffs. And then once the actual Playoffs begin, the intensity cranks up a LOT. You will see these players giving it everything they have on almost every play, and the hits can be extremely violent! However, just keep in mind that what you are watching is a compilation of a bunch of 1 second clips of some terrifyingly brutal hits. Not every play is like this. One thing I often hear when Europeans (or other fans of Rugby) watch these biggest hits videos is "they don't know how to tackle". Well, yes, I can promise you, they absolutely DO know how to tackle! These guys are the best at what they do... They can wrap up and throw a shoulder better than anyone. Again, these hits are just the BIG collisions... the ones that are set up for a brutal tackle! Not every play sets up like that. The overwhelming number of plays call for a real, wrap up, drag to the ground, Tackle. If you are interested in the game, I would suggest looking up videos on the rules, and them look up some famous Playoff Games. That should tell you whether you like the game or not.
The word "Soccer" came from the British. I get a little frustrated because the British do not know the history of their own language. Another classic example is aluminum. Today, the British spell and pronounce it as aluminium. It was originally spelled and pronounced as the Americans do. There are hundreds of words like this.
I'm not sure if anyone pointed it out but this video shows, high school, college and NFL. It's not just NFL games being shown. I haven't counted but would say close to half might be college.
Anytime a helmet flys off it is a big hit because those are latched on very tight to ensure they do not come off, and so if a football player tackles someone and sends there helmet off those are the real big hitters
You’re only allowed to tackle the person with the ball, but you are allowed to block which means you can hit a person if they are coming after your player that has the ball so what most of these hits are are people blocking for their runners and of course someone is throwing you the ball and you touch it can be tackled
The wide receiver catches is where it’s at now a days. Using your helmet is technically illegal “it’s called spearing” but due to the speed of the game and mass of the players there ends up being a lot of wiggle room.
Also to answer your question, yes people have died. (We almost had a player die on the field last season, and he had to be given CPR for around 10 minutes before he was transported to a hospital. Back in the early days of American Football, between 1900 and 1905, apparently at least 45 people died from American Football injuries, which is why we use pads and helmets now. (A lot of rugby fans seem to make fun of the NFL for wearing pads, but I just don't think they understand the difference in power that rugby vs american football players are being hit with). I say that because Rugby players, for the most part, are focused on having the endurance to last the whole game, BUT in the NFL, there's frequent breaks in between plays, so players get a bit of rest during that time, so they essentially focus solely on strength/power and speed. And what I believe would be common sense, is that in every play during the NFL, the players are giving 100% effort, while in Rugby, players tend to conserve energy to make sure they don't tire themselves out 5 minutes into the game. And this leads to the NFL players naturally hitting harder, and running faster during the game. (with the occasional exception obviously lol, I'm not trying to talk down about rugby or anything like that. I just think it's important for fans of either sport to realize that they are 2 COMPLETELY different games).
If you would like to watch a Superbowl might I suggest starting with LI (Atlanta Falcons v New England Patriots) it's a fun one to watch if you've never seen a game.
When you tackle someone without the ball it's called a block. Its allowed with certain yardage of the ball carrier to keep the other team from making a play on them.
Only person to ever die was a non contact thing, he died from a cardiac arrest from not drinking enough water. One player back in the 60’s or 70’s not certain as it was before my time had a spinal injury that left him paralyzed which eventually led to his early death at the age of 50-70 but that wasn’t a on field thing.
Those helmets end up causing more damage than relieving it…Helmet to helmet collisions nearly always result in 2 players being either concussed or completely knocked out cold.
While the bit hits were used to promote the game in the past, most of these hits are being phased out of the game and are now fouls. In college football it can even result in ejection from the game. Proper form tackling you would use your shoulders to make contact and wrap them with your arms. Using your helmet to make contact is dangerous for everyone involved, in fact it is more dangerous for the tackler because it is an easy way to break your neck. Any decent coach will chastise you for leading with your helmet (call spearing)
You’re allowed to tackle the player if they have the ball are about to catch the ball or just threw the ball, so pretty much if the ball is anywhere near them your goal is to kill them pretty much, that’s why we have pads on.
Concussions are a big problem same as in rugby. You cannot hit helmet first although you used to be able to. You should check out most athletic plays….it is amazing what they can do, how fast they are and how high they can jump.
You mention "some of these guys aren't getting up". Many of them do pop right up. When I watch your football, I notice that any player that it touched by an opponent writhes on the pitch in agony and doesn't get up until the ref decides if he's going to issue a card or not.
You’re only allowed to tackle the person with the ball, but you are allowed to block which means you can hit a person if they are coming after your player that has the ball so what most of these hits are are people blocking for their runners and of course someone is throwing you the ball and you touch it can be tackled. there was a player that actually died on the field after getting hit in the chest. It turned out that he had a heart defect that he was not aware of but the trainers on the side came in did CPR and brought him back and he is fine to this day and still loves football.
CTE is a big point of cognitive dissonance for both players and fans alike. I’ve been a fan as long as I can remember, and my dad played and then coached college FB. That said, I truly worry about the players and future of the sport, and don’t know what the right answer is. I’ve wondered psychologically if it taps into similar combative instincts that popularized gladiator sport in Ancient times. (Lmao, obviously there are quite a few extenuating variables there, but it satisfies some sort of aggression; like Rugby and Hockey, as you said.) Then again, Just theorizing. I could easily be full of shit, lmao. Great reaction!
You cannot tackle with the crown of the helmet, that’s been illegal for some time now but players still do it either with ill intent or just instinctively they do it without thinking. It’s suppose to stop big injuries on the player tackling because they could get neck and spinal injuries to a full on concussion that can take them out of the game if not worse. And there was a player last season that almost did die because of a freak accident when it tried to talk a player, luckily he’s still alive and walking.
Its not just the tbi's a lot of pro players have played the game since they were between 5-7 years old. By the time they have made it to the pro's if they make it they've already had multiple concussions.
There are specific rules about tackling, such as you cannot use your hands to grab facemasks for instance. Some of these tackles would have had a yellow flag thrown in the air meaning "foul" due to tackling infractions.
Most of these hits are no longer legal, some weren’t legal at the time. You absolutely cannot lead with the crown of your helmet and should avoid head for head contact. Brain injury is almost unavoidable the way the game is played now, keeping in mind it’s on a scale.
My nephew had his leg broken during a game last year. He worn a cast so his leg can heal up correctly. But his doctor didn't clear him for playing football this current season. In other words, my nephew is out of playing football.
I don't know if anyone has died on the field but one player, Daryl Stingley of the New England Patriots, was made a quadriplegic after a then legal hit by Jack Tatum of the Oakland Raiders in the 70's. Stingley died in the mid 90's I believe
Virtually every player gets CTE eventually. Also, as fast as you think you are, they are faster. It's hard to judge, but the AVERAGE 40-yeard dash by a running back or wide receiver is
In answer to your question at the 1 minute mark. ALL real players, even serious high school players have some amount of permanent brain damage. These are modern day gladiators. 😁
There's a bunch of rules about tackling, so some of these would be illegal (though the rules have changed over the years). For example, you're not supposed to hit guys in the helmet or lower your helmet to use it to initiate contact (trying to avoid concussions). Grabbing by the facemask or the collar is also illegal. If a player is a receiver, you can't hit them too early or that'll draw a penalty, so you have to time it so you hit them when the ball is getting there. Similarly on kick returns, you can't hit them too early, and if they hold up their hand to indicate a "fair catch" (which means they take possession where they catch it, they don't run it back for a return), you aren't allowed to hit them or even get within two yards while they're catching it. Some of these hits are blocks, where other players on the team with possession of the ball can knock guys out of the way to help the guy with the ball. But even that has its own set of rules. For example, "blindside blocks" are illegal as they can't protect themselves from it. And offensive linemen can't block guys low because it has a high risk of leg injury. Brain damage is still being researched, but even if you escape without that, you end up pretty sore all over. I remember one former quarterback, Steve McNair, retired when he could have started for a few more seasons, because he said he was sick of telling his son on Mondays after games that he can't play with him because he was too sore to get out of bed. Average career length is something like 3 years, but that's counting the churn of backup players. Starters can have short careers or long careers, depending on position and how lucky they are. Less contact at the position is a longer career. Running backs tend to have shorter careers as they're hit a lot and that leads to injuries and generally slowing them down. A lot of guys don't make it past 30, and it's rare for someone to get into their late 30s, usually good QBs who've not suffered too many injuries.
Dont watch the Super Bowl for that experience, watch a college rivalry game or a divisional game in the NFL to understand the energy brought to each game
you can tackle any player with the ball. the off ball hits are non ball carriers, either blockers or defenders. blockers are offense trying to clear a path for their team mate who is carrying the ball, while the defenders try to run through the blockers in an attempt to tackle the ball carrier or aid another defender team mate in getting to the offensive ball carrier. for the passes, you can not hit or tackle the receiver until the ball touches his hands... it doesn't have to be a catch, just at the moment it touches the receiver's hands. it is a foul otherwise.
oh....defensemen in the NFL typically run a 40 yard sprint in under 5 seconds in pads....1600 pounds of tackling force on every hit, over 100 concussions every season.
You can not hit helmet to helmet it’s considered unnecessary roughness, also hitting someone super hard is considered unnecessary roughness. With football you got 4 trends to move the ball ten yards, once its past the 10 yards, the 4 tries restarts all the way until the endzone. Walking it into the endzone is a touchdown worth 6 points, then you can kick it into the uprights for an extra 7th point, if you don’t get a touchdown and kick it into the uprights you get 3 points.
As a former player, I can tell you that you're right, you don't see these hits coming. But if you've played for a long time and you're any good at it, you start to feel them coming...like a 6th sense. You also know that if you play in the middle of the field, if you're on offense you better learn to keep your head on a swivel. If not, then one of the "sharks" on defense , like me as a linebacker, will smell the blood in the water and go into a feeding frenzy... resulting in you going out for at least a play or two. As for tackling, no, you're not supposed to lead with your helmet. There's penalties for that. Also, it's for the person who's tackling safety, too. Leading with your helmet is poor technique and can leave you with a broken neck. So you're taught to ALWAYS look at what you're tackling. That lines up the spine better to protect your neck. You look at what you're tackling and ALWAYS run full speed...never "pull up". When you "pull up", that's when you get hurt.
Two people have died on the field, (if you include damar hamlin few minutes of death.) Chuck Hughes was the one who passed fully. Neither got hit that hard. Hughes actually collapsed coming back to a huddle.
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Mike: How many of these guys get brain injuries...?
NFL: Yes
All of them. It's almost impossible to play Professional American football without some form of long term trauma 😢
lol i was literally typing the same thing then saw your comment lol yes i never played past high school and got knocked out twice playing
That's why they're paid so much.
@@lazyserpent7105 unless ur tyler lockett and go down after a catch immediately
Most of these guys got back up, and went right back to the scrimmage line.
Keep in mind these are some of the biggest toughest, most physically fit men on the planet.
rugby makes these guys look like pussies the glazing is crazy
Lots of the hits you see in this video are now illegal. Some of those hits were illegal at the time they happened.
Keep in mind that these are a biggest hits compilation over many years. You don't see hits like that every game.
Most I would say 80% are still legal hits
It's a lie. Most of these hits are still legal
when you have the ball all the defense want to put you down
@@191082fylhtq just not true. most of these hits would be flagged for hitting a defenseless player
@@191082fylhtq A huge number of them would absolutely and unfortunately be called targeting today
A lot of people have a misconception about the pads. Thinking it stops injuries and such. But wearing them makes you feel invincible and you put your body in positions that you wouldn't without them. You won't see people lowering their head to hit someone in the face without a helmet. And imagine how much force it takes to break a collar bone when wearing shoulder pads.
Grown men in the NFL weighing 200-250lbs running 15-20mph or faster at times and slamming into you as you're also running full speed. It's violent. It's brutal. It's fun to play and watch.
For you as a European "Football" fan, ENGLAND created the word SOCCER!! America ADOPTED the word in the 1920s because the US had created "American Football" in the 1880s (which involved primarily KICKING the ball--which was changed to HAND passing in 1900). Just a pet-peeve comment about the history of British Football/American Soccer
England was still calling it soccer up until the 1980's.
Absolutely smashing video.
By the way... soccer is an English term, and by that I mean British. "AsSOCiation football" was shortened in the way of the times to "SOCcer". They gave it to us and it stuck, and now everyone pokes fun at Americans for using their own word.
Yeah, he keeps calling soccer "real football."
Historic gaslighting 😆
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Colonial peoples often retain lingusitic artifacts long after theyve been lost in the homeland. The American Southern accent is very close to the middle class English accent of the 1700s.
American Football is truly a gladiator style sport. Professional players come up thru the High School and College/University system playing (many getting nearly free schooling for playing), the survivors are then "drafted/conscripted" by a professional team and guaranteed astronomical salaries( the minimum a non-kicker can be paid is over 5 times the average US annual salary, which is over 3 times my salary, and if they make it to a second contract it can be in the millions yearly). Careers are determined by injury. When you peel away the facade, it really is a gladiator sport for modern times. I love it, but when you see the aftereffects on the players as little as a decade after they "retire" it's sad. Most have permanent mobility issues, lifelong pain issues, and yes, brain damage. Welcome to America. As for the sport itself, think of it like this. Football/Soccer is a fluid game, like a real time strategy game, American Football is timed to the second, in short bursts called "Plays", like a turn based strategy game. Its rules heavy, and the rules are altered on an almost yearly basis, usually to deal with previous rules needing to be cleaned up or player safety issues ( which only started in the early 2000's). It really is a "war game", one side is the offense, the other the defense, and like war there is a field general (the quarterback for offense, and usually a linebacker for the defense, coaches for each position and a head coach that makes most of the decisions before the play) the "goal" is to penetrate far enough into the defenses territory to score in different ways. It takes quite a bit of study to get a full grasp of the rules, but Ive given you a very brief description.
also, all an NFL player has to do is make it three years in the league to be guaranteed a lifetime pension... last i heard the minimum pension was 168k a year. when they sign those contracts, they don't get all that money. a large part of it goes into the players' association's pension fund.
Almost every person who plays football in college dreams of going pro, but the reality is that there are about one thousand players a year who meet the criteria for going pro but they are competing for forty to fifty rookie spots on the teams. As they told my son, do the math being good is no guarantee of a career.
@@TheRedStateBlue And the IRS
Career longevity depends on your position -- and luck. A lot of guys are done by 30-ish. Quarterbacks and kickers can have long careers. (Part of what makes Tom Brady perhaps the GOAT QB was that he was good into his 40s.)
Which is entirely because he is the luckiest QB to ever exist. In terms of ability he was above average but definitely not the best he just had everything fall into place for him. Also helps when you have consistently one of the best O lines in front of you through out your entire career and aren’t getting tenderized anywhere near as often as other arguably better QBs in overall ability.
@@hbsavage0387 🧢
@@geraldgrant1234 he’s definitely top 3 or 4 just not #1 in terms of ability he’s just not. Most of his stats are padded to hell and back anyway given the fact the entire offensive scheme of the Patriots was dink and dunking
@@hbsavage0387 Name one QB in recent times who came out of retirement to sign with a bad team and win the Superbowl the first season after signing. Tom Brady is and will forever be the GOAT of QBs until someone somehow gets 8 or more rings.
@@realFalconfire bro the bucs were def not bad lmao. they just needed a good qb. why do u think brady signed with them
This is why CTE is so rampant in football and boxing. It is present in hockey and soccer, but it does not seem to be as bad.
They want your head up and to hit with your shoulder pad. It is safer for both players. Leading with your head, i.e. the crown of your helmet, is now a 15-yard penalty. In the college game there is also a targeting penaly that ejects the offending player.
Targeting is on all levels
Hockey is bad also, being on skates allows those guys to reach pretty crazy speeds.
If you think hockey isn't as bad as football you're crazy. It's worse
@@Pens-xq6tnYou high
@@Distraction3 you don't watch hockey and it shows
Rugby is tough, but it's like footballs little sister.
Fr the collisions are way more extreme in football
Rugby and football have similar hits but what sets football apart is that it’s at speed. When players like Tyreek Hill can clock in at about 22 mph it really is inertia and mass taking over
Rugby is tougher. Guys literally dislocate their arms and get them fixed on the sideline like it never happened. But football is much better
As a lifelong football fan I find it impossible to be a fan of soccer ,a sport where if you even look in a guy's direction he falls to the ground screaming for about 5 minutes .
Soccer fans ruined the NBA by supporting Lebron cry on the ground faking.
Blood or it didn't happen.
Totally agree. Soccer is very boring also.
I enjoy playing soccer, you couldnt pay me to watch it on tv.
@@dalehammers4425 Watched an MLS playoff game yesterday with some friends as it was my local MLS team. Nothing happened at all for just over 90 minutes, then we won in a shootout.
Can we just skip the 90 minutes, and do shootouts? That shit was fun to watch.
I respect the athleticism it takes but I see what what you are saying. I don't know how you could call yourself a man after some of the flops that are out there.
European: how many of these guys get brain damage?
American: yes
American football is a violent chess game. All the players have specialized roles. The offence uses designed plays to try and move down the field and the defense designs strategies to disrupt the offence. Many people who watch football never understand the underlying mind game that is going on but enjoy identifying with their regional team.
I played in highschool wasn't a starter mainly special teams, kickoff, kick/punt return. I got bulldozed over one game and don't remember getting up. Next thing I new I was sitting on the bench with the trainer shining a flashlight in my eyes. Probably had a concussion but I went back in for the next kickoff and then had to play on defense in the second half. Don't remember anything else from that day but my head ringing like a bell. CTE is a big problem with a lot of older players before they made helmet on helmet hits illegal and helmet technology has vastly improved.
Played D line in high school definitely wasn’t a starter but it was fun (also one of the only things that ever made me excited about school) and I mostly remember just going at it hard enough to where the coaches were actually worried and I’m just out there wanting more.
For someone who never watched a game, I was impressed by your questions and thoughts. Since around 15 years ago, the NFL rules changed a lot. You are no longer allowed to ‘lead with your helmet’. You cannot hit any player in the head with any meaningful amount of force. Players get penalties for being excessive, and particularly egregious hits will get you fined by the office. You watched a reality that practically doesn’t exist anymore, but it was when football was in its finest form.
The average NFL career is around 2 or 3 years. But some players manage to play for far longer than that.
The guy who got hit and lost his helmet at 4:18 was Tom Brady. That hit happened in 2001. But Tom Brady would continue playing in the NFL for another 21 years after that (he finally retired at the age of 45 after the 2022 season and 2023 playoffs) and is now widely regarded as one of the best (if not THE best) quarterback in NFL history.
Such a stupid stat bringing up avg nfl career bc 99.9% of ppl who retire within first 2 or 3 yrs isn’t bc injury
@@josprince4901 The guy making the video literally asked about how long the average NFL career was so I gave him an answer. Next time, watch the video before commenting.
@@mrdrfez Ya, but within the context of his question, he was asking how long the average was because he was watching players take massive hits which could end careers early. So he was wondering how much of an effect injuries have on career length, which is why the 2-3 years statement can be misleading without explaining why its that short on average.
@@TheSpencer1000 Yup, and he clearly meant the average retirement of actual players, as he brought up the average player retires around mid 30s in football(soccer). He doesn't care about the 640 players that are cut from the NFL altogether every season, to significantly destroy the average career statistic.
As someone who has watched American football my entire life and obviously understand it pretty well, it really is the best sport on earth in my biased opinion! Most ppl who say they don't like it just don't take the time to learn how the game works....well worth the time to learn! Maybe you should do a video soon on the basics of American football
It's the most aggressive sport of course It's the best lol.
I don't know if it's "most aggressive" sport. Those cricket matches get pretty heated between tea breaks 😂
Amen!
There is a lot of complexity to it that is lost on people that don't know the sport. It's a mashup of gladiatorial games and chess, and lends itself to some of the most insane displays of athleticism that just isn't possible in most sports.
@@nathanlawson313nto you comparing CRICKET to FOOTBALL😂 Cricket is a tough sport though lol
Every video like this starts with an European physically revolted by the violence, by the end they start giggling and grinning and getting into it
2:59 "Has anyone ever died?" Yes. Chuck Hughes in the 70s. He is the only player though last season (2022) Damar Hamlin came pretty close to it.
Hamlin did die on the field. He was dead for about 7 mins. They revived him and hot his heart pumping again.
1)this isn't all NFL 2) LITERALLY ALL OF US HAVE SEEN THIS COMPILATION 765 TIMES SINCE 2015
"im fast ill run the ball"
yaaaaaa about that lmao
Just remember if you're a NFL Ball Carrier/RB, you have to watch out for 250-300 lb tanks who can run 16+ mph. And thats just on the defensive line and backing core
I work with a former NFL linebacker and at 48 he can barely walk from the lower body injuries. I wouldn’t know how to describe the effects on his brain, but he has told me that some mornings he wakes up and it feels like a rage headache that makes him dizzy. His father, brother, and Uncle all played in the league as well, and have all paid a physical price according to him.
This is unfortunate, but they make millions knowing this will happen to them. Blue collar workers end up the same way but make barely any money and have to work for 30 to 40 years instead of 5 to 10. Most die a few years after retirement well most NFL players go on to do other things for years. Only a small percentage of NFL players experience symptoms this bad. Most go on to have good retirements. Almost all of blue collar works are screwed up when they retire and have very short painful retirements.
The hits are awesome and the sound of pads contacting is a beautiful sound. But what's more impressive is the ones who got hit and held onto the ball.
When that crack is big enough to ring throughout the entire stadium. You know it was a good one if you hear it in the nosebleeds
When I was a kid in Pop Warner (10-13 year olds - early 70's) this was called "getting your bell rung" and you were expected to "walk it off" in few a minutes of pacing behind the bench. Pretty much anyone who has played organized football at any level has a concussion story about themselves or a teammate, and it's usually told for laughs.
Yes, Concussive Trauma is a big deal now - players have gone insane and killed people and/or themselves after retirement due to the repeated damage - which can only be diagnosed at autopsy.
Don't know if you can recognize it, but a good portion of these clips are from college football games (and of course there are a few high school and younger teams scattered in there), where the students playing were not even getting payed yet. These are good, hard hits... but luckily they're not showing the plays where joints get bent backwards or bones stick out afterward. It's amazing that only one player has ever died during a game (play continued) back in the 1970s, but of course, there are plenty of players affected by concussion-related problems.
Now imagine this without all the padding and you got a real man's sport: Rugby.
Watch more videos of the different parts of the NFL. Best Jukes, best catches, whatever. Football is violent, yes, but it can be a beautiful game.
Agree -- best jukes is great. Most athletic plays is fun to watch too.
Concussion designations and CTE are relatively new within the last 15 years so there’s probably not great data on it. When I played concussions were called getting your bell rung and nothing more was done. Towards then end of my playing they did reactionary tests on the computer before the season in order to build a baseline of timing then give you the same test when a possible concussion happens to test the difference in reaction. Probably have better tests now cause a lot of guys would purposely test slower so they could go back and play
They have done something like 100 autopsies of former NFL players.
If memory servers me correctly CTE was found in 99 of them.
Excuse me, but concussions and CTE are nowhere near "relatively new". What world are you living in?
@@rollomaughfling380 I meant the data on them and scientific research. CTE was discovered in 2002. RELATIVE as in to when the sport was first played. First time I took a concussion base test before a season was 2007 which you test your reaction time normally so that they can compare your reaction time if they think you may be concussed. Concussion protocol was not introduced for game day till 2011. Only way they can test it still is when a player has died still on way to test on living people.
00:56 I’ve seen this video multiple times and I’ve never noticed the expression on the ref’s face before!😂
At 3:34 that blindspot its now an illegal tackle to hit them in their blindspot or from behind that's called a blindside block/tackle and it could result in a penalty or ejection
Sir American Football is The Real Football!
Great reaction bro glad you enjoyed it.
Now a days we have equipment and certain rules to protect each other being a full contact sport that embraces hits like this we try to keep each other safe while putting on a show. It seems painful and it is depending on where you get hit but for the most part you will be Ok unless something actually goes wrong
It's like this, if he has the ball its a tackle, if he does not have the ball, that's a block!
These are a different breed of men with no delusions of the risk, most start as kids in the pop warner league and you find out very quickly if it's for you I remember the first week we started with about 50 kids by the end of the first week about 35 kids and the final team was 20 kids.
When the coach grabs you by the face mask and points to the other side and says, "GO MAKE IS MOMMA CRY!", you know the game has begun
If you really want a crash course on American football, look for some of the older games with John Madden as a commentator. He was one of the greatest because someone with no understanding of the game and never having seen a game could watch a game or two and have a solid understanding of the game. He explained everything in a way that was understandable by anyone at any level of understanding, and not just the rules but why plays were a smart choice or why it didn't work.
When I was in high scool. There was a guy that was a DT, sometimes HB. Tank of a dude, he flipped his turned over Chevrolet Blazer like it was nothing.
6:00 Tackling with ur head is a good way to get paralyzed
A recent study done focused on the force of these hits and how they are hit. Getting tackled/hit the way some players experience is the equivalent of a severe car crash so many of the do suffer things like whiplash and many other serious injuries.
There's a purpose for these hits... Every inch matters.
The offense gets 4 tries to gain a total of 10 yards or more. If they do, they get 4 MORE tries to go the next 10, and so on until they work their way down the field(pitch) and score. They fight to gain every inch they can. Defense goes all out to stop them dead in their tracks, or better yet, knock the ball loose so YOUR team can get it and go the other way.
They are gladiators in a giant violent game of chess. The pads and helmet offer less protection than stormtrooper armor.
I have delivered and received hits like these, and I can say that it does leave your head ringing. It can be savage, and it's the greatest sport around
This is Real Football!!!!
Ok im going to try and answer as many questions as possible hang in there.
Average career: 2.5-3 years, this is partially because of injuries, but a massive part of it is most guys just never stick and are gone quickly. The nfl has a draft of college players every year where about 250 kids join the league, another few hundred will get a chance after not being selected, this leads to the vast majority of short carrers for guys that just couldnt cut it. A good career is 10-15 years. Also you have to play a few years college in most cases to join the NFL so players don't go pro till they are 21-24.
Tackle anyone: tackle is only used when talking about yhe ball carrier, you are allowed to hit everyone else but it is called blocking. Tons of rules about what is and isn't allowed.
Can you use your helmet: no, using your helmet as a weapon is illegal, normally this only gets called for head to head contact because its hard to use your shoulder without your head getting on there.
How many injuries are there: basically everyone is some level of hurt by the end lf the season. Normally a few guys per team will be out for the season every year with a couple hundred games missed per team. For example my titans were the most injured team last year, teams are 53 players, over a 17 game season we had 312 games missed due to injuries and 34 players out for the season. Had yo play a total of 87 different players. Its brutal.
I can see why people watch this: as much as it is the violence its actually morr about the strategy and tactics. In American football you have 53 players and unlimited substitutions so players are very specialized in their roll. This makes for a giant chess match where both sides are constantly swapping players in and out to stay fresh and get a tactical advantage.
Illegal hits:
No grabing the facemask
No head to head
No grabbing the collar from behind
The picking people up and slamming them is a grey area up to the refs to decide.
Illegal blocks: no blocking in the back
no cutting out the legs(modt of the time)
No blocking back tword your end zone(the ones you see the guys blind sided when they don't have the ball in this)
No grabbing the other teams uniform except in the front between the shoulders.
No facemask again
The nfl rule book is 300 pages so ill stop there its the most common stuff.
Edit: speed: idk how fast you are but these guys are crazy fast. The fastest guys run the 100m around 10seconds, there get up to over 20mph(32.2kph) in pads.
The averagefor a slimmer NFL player around 180-200lbs(80-90kg) is about 4.5sec 40(36.5m).
Sorry for the massive post but didn't want to spam the comment section 🍻
Damn!! Massive thank you :D
My brother played 6 years in the NFL. When he retired he needed 7 surgeries to finish repairing the damage to his body. He never fully recovered from any of it.
Welcome to the NFL, its one of the big four sports we have here.
The others are MLB, NBA and NHL, and don't forget college football, it's
bigger than the NFL. The 15 biggest stadiums are all college.8 are over 100K.
A hit is not a tackle. BUT a tackle can be a hit. I see the same confusion in NHL hits (no tackles in the NHL). Also, you have to take into the rules of the time era I think most people do so .. also am sure someone else explained what blocking is down in the comments because I am 5 days late lol. ( I just never see anyone explaining the difference between the two hits v. tackles?)
There are these things called "suicide passes" or I think people in the UK call them "Hospital passes" which is usually crossing routes over the middle. Those lead to a lot of blindside hits.
As far as dying on the field, only one player has ever died on the field. Chuck Hughes in 1971, from wikipedia, "A postmortem examination revealed that Hughes was suffering from undiagnosed and advanced arteriosclerosis (one of his coronary arteries was 75% blocked) and that he had a family history of heart disease. The direct cause of death was a coronary thrombosis, which caused a massive myocardial infarction that cut off the blood flow to his heart."
Recently, January 2, 2023 Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field after his heart stopped. Immediate and effective medical response was present and managed to revive him. He spent about a week and a half in the hospital before being released to rehab on his own. As far as I have heard, he has been medically cleared to return to football, and has announced his intention to do so, but has not played in this season.
As far as career length NFL careers have a median length of just under 3 years, vs soccer at just under 8 years, though some high skill players play for much longer in both sports.
There are entire videos series on NFL unconscious hits
Can confirm, watching hockey for the fights and watching football for the tackles are very similar (also, watching NASCAR or other racing for the crashes).
I know a couple people that fit all three of those categories. 😆
“I watch real football “ famous last words 😂
To be fair he's 100% accurate. Football (our soccer) far predates American Football.
@@dalehammers4425Brits called it soccer first
@@Distraction3 I know that.
Just so you know per your question about Brain Damage. AS of th 2021 Season due to concerns about concussions and what not. There are now CONCUSSION protocols to make sure that the players get the proper time to heal HOWEVER, 99% of the hits on this video were just HARD HITS, the players were able to get back up and depending on what quarter of the game these happened in, everyone of these players were back in the game to finish it within 1-6 plays called.
3:39 hence the recent rule changes meant to protect "defenseless players."
Contact with the crown of the helmet is illegal so you hit with your shoulders
Now that you've watched hardest hits you should watch best plays. When a planned play works, it is a work of art and talent. It's really fun to watch!
When running at their max speed, an American Football player hits with the same force as a vehicle moving at 30+ MPH or 48.2 KPH. So the saying: "They hit like a truck" is very true in American Football.
Also, most hits are blindside hits, so they dont see it coming.
Its common that at least ONCE per game the medical team will need to come out onto the field to check on a player. Both in College games and NFL games. Doesnt happen too often in HighSchool games.
Most American Football players are big guys with lots of muscle.
I believe it was Raider Safety Jack Tatum # 32 that best described Football as a Collison sport. BTW Jack Tatum was fondly known as "The Assassin". He played for the Oakland Raiders of the 1970's ( Superbowl 11).
Most of us get a little brain damage but pineapple pizza and the dump truck scissor kick always sunrise.
So it’s worth it.
You will see big hits in every game. Now, obviously some of the games have a bigger meaning behind them, whether they be a huge Rivalry game such as Bears vs Packers; Ravens vs Steelers; Eagles vs Cowboys; 49ers vs Seahawks; Chiefs vs Broncos...
Or a game Kate in the season that a team is fighting to get into the Playoffs or for a certain position in the Playoffs.
And then once the actual Playoffs begin, the intensity cranks up a LOT.
You will see these players giving it everything they have on almost every play, and the hits can be extremely violent!
However, just keep in mind that what you are watching is a compilation of a bunch of 1 second clips of some terrifyingly brutal hits. Not every play is like this.
One thing I often hear when Europeans (or other fans of Rugby) watch these biggest hits videos is "they don't know how to tackle".
Well, yes, I can promise you, they absolutely DO know how to tackle! These guys are the best at what they do...
They can wrap up and throw a shoulder better than anyone.
Again, these hits are just the BIG collisions... the ones that are set up for a brutal tackle!
Not every play sets up like that.
The overwhelming number of plays call for a real, wrap up, drag to the ground, Tackle.
If you are interested in the game, I would suggest looking up videos on the rules, and them look up some famous Playoff Games. That should tell you whether you like the game or not.
The word "Soccer" came from the British. I get a little frustrated because the British do not know the history of their own language. Another classic example is aluminum. Today, the British spell and pronounce it as aluminium. It was originally spelled and pronounced as the Americans do. There are hundreds of words like this.
these are some of the strongest, fastest, most athletic freak human beings in the WORLD. most just got right back up for the next play
I'm not sure if anyone pointed it out but this video shows, high school, college and NFL. It's not just NFL games being shown. I haven't counted but would say close to half might be college.
Anytime a helmet flys off it is a big hit because those are latched on very tight to ensure they do not come off, and so if a football player tackles someone and sends there helmet off those are the real big hitters
You’re only allowed to tackle the person with the ball, but you are allowed to block which means you can hit a person if they are coming after your player that has the ball so what most of these hits are are people blocking for their runners and of course someone is throwing you the ball and you touch it can be tackled
The wide receiver catches is where it’s at now a days. Using your helmet is technically illegal “it’s called spearing” but due to the speed of the game and mass of the players there ends up being a lot of wiggle room.
Also to answer your question, yes people have died. (We almost had a player die on the field last season, and he had to be given CPR for around 10 minutes before he was transported to a hospital.
Back in the early days of American Football, between 1900 and 1905, apparently at least 45 people died from American Football injuries, which is why we use pads and helmets now. (A lot of rugby fans seem to make fun of the NFL for wearing pads, but I just don't think they understand the difference in power that rugby vs american football players are being hit with).
I say that because Rugby players, for the most part, are focused on having the endurance to last the whole game, BUT in the NFL, there's frequent breaks in between plays, so players get a bit of rest during that time, so they essentially focus solely on strength/power and speed. And what I believe would be common sense, is that in every play during the NFL, the players are giving 100% effort, while in Rugby, players tend to conserve energy to make sure they don't tire themselves out 5 minutes into the game. And this leads to the NFL players naturally hitting harder, and running faster during the game. (with the occasional exception obviously lol, I'm not trying to talk down about rugby or anything like that. I just think it's important for fans of either sport to realize that they are 2 COMPLETELY different games).
If you would like to watch a Superbowl might I suggest starting with LI (Atlanta Falcons v New England Patriots) it's a fun one to watch if you've never seen a game.
When you tackle someone without the ball it's called a block. Its allowed with certain yardage of the ball carrier to keep the other team from making a play on them.
The try not to look away challenge
Only person to ever die was a non contact thing, he died from a cardiac arrest from not drinking enough water. One player back in the 60’s or 70’s not certain as it was before my time had a spinal injury that left him paralyzed which eventually led to his early death at the age of 50-70 but that wasn’t a on field thing.
Those helmets end up causing more damage than relieving it…Helmet to helmet collisions nearly always result in 2 players being either concussed or completely knocked out cold.
The point is to move the ball down field either by a running play or a passing play. The other team's job is to stop them. Simple but complicated.
While the bit hits were used to promote the game in the past, most of these hits are being phased out of the game and are now fouls. In college football it can even result in ejection from the game.
Proper form tackling you would use your shoulders to make contact and wrap them with your arms. Using your helmet to make contact is dangerous for everyone involved, in fact it is more dangerous for the tackler because it is an easy way to break your neck. Any decent coach will chastise you for leading with your helmet (call spearing)
You’re allowed to tackle the player if they have the ball are about to catch the ball or just threw the ball, so pretty much if the ball is anywhere near them your goal is to kill them pretty much, that’s why we have pads on.
Concussions are a big problem same as in rugby. You cannot hit helmet first although you used to be able to.
You should check out most athletic plays….it is amazing what they can do, how fast they are and how high they can jump.
You mention "some of these guys aren't getting up". Many of them do pop right up. When I watch your football, I notice that any player that it touched by an opponent writhes on the pitch in agony and doesn't get up until the ref decides if he's going to issue a card or not.
Welcome to the U.S baby!!!
You’re only allowed to tackle the person with the ball, but you are allowed to block which means you can hit a person if they are coming after your player that has the ball so what most of these hits are are people blocking for their runners and of course someone is throwing you the ball and you touch it can be tackled. there was a player that actually died on the field after getting hit in the chest. It turned out that he had a heart defect that he was not aware of but the trainers on the side came in did CPR and brought him back and he is fine to this day and still loves football.
CTE is a big point of cognitive dissonance for both players and fans alike. I’ve been a fan as long as I can remember, and my dad played and then coached college FB. That said, I truly worry about the players and future of the sport, and don’t know what the right answer is. I’ve wondered psychologically if it taps into similar combative instincts that popularized gladiator sport in Ancient times. (Lmao, obviously there are quite a few extenuating variables there, but it satisfies some sort of aggression; like Rugby and Hockey, as you said.)
Then again, Just theorizing. I could easily be full of shit, lmao. Great reaction!
You cannot tackle with the crown of the helmet, that’s been illegal for some time now but players still do it either with ill intent or just instinctively they do it without thinking. It’s suppose to stop big injuries on the player tackling because they could get neck and spinal injuries to a full on concussion that can take them out of the game if not worse. And there was a player last season that almost did die because of a freak accident when it tried to talk a player, luckily he’s still alive and walking.
Its not just the tbi's a lot of pro players have played the game since they were between 5-7 years old. By the time they have made it to the pro's if they make it they've already had multiple concussions.
There are specific rules about tackling, such as you cannot use your hands to grab facemasks for instance. Some of these tackles would have had a yellow flag thrown in the air meaning "foul" due to tackling infractions.
and some of these got flagged and were clean hits like the bam bam kam on vernon davis it was in the first min or so
Most of these hits are no longer legal, some weren’t legal at the time. You absolutely cannot lead with the crown of your helmet and should avoid head for head contact. Brain injury is almost unavoidable the way the game is played now, keeping in mind it’s on a scale.
My nephew had his leg broken during a game last year. He worn a cast so his leg can heal up correctly. But his doctor didn't clear him for playing football this current season. In other words, my nephew is out of playing football.
I don't know if anyone has died on the field but one player, Daryl Stingley of the New England Patriots, was made a quadriplegic after a then legal hit by Jack Tatum of the Oakland Raiders in the 70's. Stingley died in the mid 90's I believe
Virtually every player gets CTE eventually. Also, as fast as you think you are, they are faster. It's hard to judge, but the AVERAGE 40-yeard dash by a running back or wide receiver is
You say they don’t see it coming, but they *know* it’s coming; they’re not quite as unprepared as it looks.
You should watch hardest hockey hits too!
In answer to your question at the 1 minute mark. ALL real players, even serious high school players have some amount of permanent brain damage. These are modern day gladiators. 😁
2:56 damar Hamlins heart stopped for 10 mins got into cardiac arrest and got revived
There's a bunch of rules about tackling, so some of these would be illegal (though the rules have changed over the years). For example, you're not supposed to hit guys in the helmet or lower your helmet to use it to initiate contact (trying to avoid concussions). Grabbing by the facemask or the collar is also illegal. If a player is a receiver, you can't hit them too early or that'll draw a penalty, so you have to time it so you hit them when the ball is getting there. Similarly on kick returns, you can't hit them too early, and if they hold up their hand to indicate a "fair catch" (which means they take possession where they catch it, they don't run it back for a return), you aren't allowed to hit them or even get within two yards while they're catching it.
Some of these hits are blocks, where other players on the team with possession of the ball can knock guys out of the way to help the guy with the ball. But even that has its own set of rules. For example, "blindside blocks" are illegal as they can't protect themselves from it. And offensive linemen can't block guys low because it has a high risk of leg injury.
Brain damage is still being researched, but even if you escape without that, you end up pretty sore all over. I remember one former quarterback, Steve McNair, retired when he could have started for a few more seasons, because he said he was sick of telling his son on Mondays after games that he can't play with him because he was too sore to get out of bed.
Average career length is something like 3 years, but that's counting the churn of backup players. Starters can have short careers or long careers, depending on position and how lucky they are. Less contact at the position is a longer career. Running backs tend to have shorter careers as they're hit a lot and that leads to injuries and generally slowing them down. A lot of guys don't make it past 30, and it's rare for someone to get into their late 30s, usually good QBs who've not suffered too many injuries.
Dont watch the Super Bowl for that experience, watch a college rivalry game or a divisional game in the NFL to understand the energy brought to each game
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you can tackle any player with the ball.
the off ball hits are non ball carriers, either blockers or defenders. blockers are offense trying to clear a path for their team mate who is carrying the ball, while the defenders try to run through the blockers in an attempt to tackle the ball carrier or aid another defender team mate in getting to the offensive ball carrier.
for the passes, you can not hit or tackle the receiver until the ball touches his hands... it doesn't have to be a catch, just at the moment it touches the receiver's hands. it is a foul otherwise.
oh....defensemen in the NFL typically run a 40 yard sprint in under 5 seconds in pads....1600 pounds of tackling force on every hit, over 100 concussions every season.
As an American, i don’t get freaked out by our ‘footy” fans rolling their eyes when other folks call it soccer. Every culture has their own ways.
You can not hit helmet to helmet it’s considered unnecessary roughness, also hitting someone super hard is considered unnecessary roughness. With football you got 4 trends to move the ball ten yards, once its past the 10 yards, the 4 tries restarts all the way until the endzone. Walking it into the endzone is a touchdown worth 6 points, then you can kick it into the uprights for an extra 7th point, if you don’t get a touchdown and kick it into the uprights you get 3 points.
The pads and helmet only keep you from getting killed. It still hurts like hell when you get de- cleated
As a former player, I can tell you that you're right, you don't see these hits coming. But if you've played for a long time and you're any good at it, you start to feel them coming...like a 6th sense. You also know that if you play in the middle of the field, if you're on offense you better learn to keep your head on a swivel. If not, then one of the "sharks" on defense , like me as a linebacker, will smell the blood in the water and go into a feeding frenzy... resulting in you going out for at least a play or two.
As for tackling, no, you're not supposed to lead with your helmet. There's penalties for that. Also, it's for the person who's tackling safety, too. Leading with your helmet is poor technique and can leave you with a broken neck. So you're taught to ALWAYS look at what you're tackling. That lines up the spine better to protect your neck. You look at what you're tackling and ALWAYS run full speed...never "pull up". When you "pull up", that's when you get hurt.
Two people have died on the field, (if you include damar hamlin few minutes of death.) Chuck Hughes was the one who passed fully. Neither got hit that hard. Hughes actually collapsed coming back to a huddle.