British Guy Reacts To HERE COMES THE BOOM! (Biggest Football Hits Ever!)
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- British Guy Reacts To HERE COMES THE BOOM! (Biggest and Hardest Football Hits Ever!)
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British Guy Reacts To HERE COMES THE BOOM! (Biggest and Hardest Football Hits Ever!)
Thank you for the comments and suggestions on my previous video, I really appreciate it. Qaqusee recommended this video Here Comes The Boom and it was a great suggestion. Loved the action in this one. American Football is no joke. I never knew it was so intense. This excited me a lot and is getting me pumped to find out more about this awesome sport. Recommend some other American Football videos or even videos about other American sports. Thanks again!!
There are 4 main types of "tackling" that you see and some of those hits are legal hits now do to changes if you like u can help break this all down for you as a college (or university) football lover
You should react to Antonio Browns punt return its amazing you would love it.
Some of these tackles are illegal now and some are were even illegal then. They still happen. The team may get penalized, but sometimes players get a little hot and do the illegal stuff anyway. Grabbing a players helmet, more particularly near the front or facemask, during a tackle is going to draw a penalty flag, Personal foul 15 yards. In recent years they have started giving a penalty for "targeting". That would be tackles that engage the other teams head and neck area by launching into them with your helmet first. (Big cause of concussions. And yes, I know there is more to the rule. I'm just trying to keep it brief.) This rule is a big one if the player is "defenseless" meaning a receiver laying out to catch a ball. You had better play the ball, not the receiver. Anyway 15 yards and the player is ejected from the game. You can't go low on the quarterbacks knees anymore. So on the video where the player comes in like a bullet right into the quarterbacks chest... That actually looks pretty legal, even by today's standards. Hit was right down the middle. Not too high not too low. The other big no-no is grabbing a players pads from behind by the neck and throwing them to the ground. This is called a horse collar tackle and has been illegal since as far back as I can remember (early 80's at least.) But yeah, American football is not really best described as a contact sport. It is more a collision sport.
You will NEVER see hits like this coming out of the NFL anymore. They bytched up the league but in ways it's better for the player, and in si e ways the improvements are worse on the player because it opens up other weaknesses in the body.
IDK if anyone has clarified anything about it but a lot of the tackles that you question the legality of aren't legal, at least not anymore. But you said that they are moving as fast as cars and something like they are missiles. It's funny that you say that but studies have shown that football tackles typically exert the same force as a 30mph car wreck.
The pads aren't to make it not hurt, the pads are to prevent the players from killing each other.
The pads and especially the helmets make it worse. lol
@@williamlevy6964 seriously! What makes it scarier is those guys get bigger, stronger and faster year by year. But, as long as the masses are entertained by watching men violently throwing their bodies into each other football is not going away anytime soon
Is there a popular American sport where they're _not_ trying to kill each other? Baseball = 95+ mph fastballs. NACAR = Those guys _tap_ each other while travelling at insane speeds. Hockey = They are pretty much always trying to kill each other... and I believe that behavior is encouraged. Basketball = I'd hate to see the bruises those guys have after games. And then there's the niche sports like Bull/Bronco riding and the X Games.
@@newgrl we're all crazy here in America I mean heck we got skydiving too just about every single sport out there is meant to kill you well fishing well then no you can get killed doing fish and if you down south of Florida I mean they got huge ass catfish Crocs and whatnot and then we got the sternum up here you know the only sports that really ain't meant to kill you bowling shuffle golf well no golf can kill you putt-putt golf even there's some sports out here for girls I can kill you I mean we got roller derby for the girls and my God they get some vicious chicks out on there I guess the closest mainstream sport that isn't meant to kill you as probably basketball.
The pads are there to protect and prevent injuries but in a twist of fate it doesn’t hurt as much to make a hit so they go harder and when they do get hurt it’s much worse. I don’t know the numbers now, but in 2010 the AMA published a report that said in every state of the Union there was at least one fatality in high school football and at least 10 injuries per state that ended the players career. On a pro level it’s claimed that with a full field run (like a kickoff return) an unobstructed player will smash into the ball carrier with the equivalent force of being hit by a small car going 30 mph (48.28kph). As you can tell even the little kids play hard. As you watch the video the clips that are kinda poor quality or look like they are on a less than perfect field are at least high school players if not junior league which is 6 years old to usually 14 years old. Some places have teams that start at 4 years old which is kinda funny to watch cuz the players are so small it just looks like someone piled some gear on the field and it started to move by itself.
The farther you go back the more brutal it was. They try to make safer rules but the players just keep getting faster and faster
The new rules favor offense. The point now is to encourage high scoring games.
Personally I prefer the days of Dick Butkus.
This is just not true.
There are HOF players who would be BANNED today for what they did pre-90's.
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It's the other way around.
American football (AF) evolved from soccer and rugby. The first AF game was played in 1869 between two college teams, Rutgers and Princeton, using rules based on the rules of soccer at the time. A set of rule changes drawn up from 1880 onward by Walter Camp, the "Father of American Football", established the snap, the line of scrimmage, eleven-player teams, and the concept of downs. Later rule changes legalized the forward pass, created the neutral zone and specified the size and shape of the football.
That is really interesting Pushpak, thanks for letting me know. I didn't realise that American Football had been around for so long, so it definitely has a long history. I will do some research on the history on it as I really like to know the history of a sport when I get an interest in it.
@@mertsalih What's even cooler and is probably gonna sound like I'm lying, is that our president at the time Teddy Roosevelt is the one responsible for the forward pass being implemented.
@@guylander6844 my great grandpa used to bitch about the introduction of the forward pass according to my father. Weird that something that seems so intrinsic to the nature of the sport for someone my age was something that was not only an innovation to my father's grandfather but a somewhat controversial one at that.
@@guylander6844And don't forget it was to make the game safer as players were literally dying almost every match. He also was responsible for helping to create the first players union for football.
@Guylander If I remember right, that was his successor Taft who actually got it into the rules, but Roosevelt pushed for pads due to all the deaths in the game and also championed for the forward pass.
The main difference to me, between rugby and American football is; rugby is a CONTACT sport and American football is a COLLISION sport. You're right about the pace. Many of the heavy collisions between players is just as you said and the forces experienced are the same as in a car accident - two men running at 20mph straight at each other. It does take a toll on the body though. Some of the hits you saw, especially those on black and white film, are certainly illegal now.
Perfectly put
I'm an old rugby player from the U.S. but a lifelong football fan. The other difference between the two is that there is no blocking in rugby, you take a potential tackler out of the play by making him commit to you and then lateralling the ball at the last second. There's also a rule in rugby that you have to attempt to wrap your arms around someone you're tackling or else it's a penalty. With players getter bigger and faster that's a rule that American football may want to someday consider. Also don't forget that all that protective equipment also helps to turn you into a lethal projectile, rugby has no protective equipment. Your take is dead on about the two sports, but there are similar videos out there of rugby's greatest hits that are fun to watch. Not quite the human vehicle accidents that AF is, but when you consider that there is no personal protection, it's impressive nonetheless.
The vintage hits in this video were almost all clean under the current rules as opposed to most of the more current footage. The exceptions being the ridiculous face mask plays which have always been illegal since facemasks were a thing.
The main difference between rugby and football is the equipment. Without the equipment the NFL simply does not exist as you know it today, and would be almost indistinguishable from rugby save for the forward pass.
@@georgemuehlheim4967 human vehicle accidents...lol yup thats about it..loland spot on as to the difference as well contact compared to impact. that is the biggest difference.
@@georgemuehlheim4967 I played American Football at the highschool level and rugby at college/university - the biggest difference for me was just the rules. They feel like and play like two entirely different sports.
Rugby was far more endurance than I ever expected, having to wrap up tackles and actually bring the other person down while maintaining contact? Very weird as well. Just like the lack of breaks during play and the inability to hit players that don't have the ball.
Rugby reminds me more of soccer. Your head is behind the ball carrier as opposed to in front, you never really tackle at 100% speed and head first, and you don't get breaks after going 100% for 5-8 seconds.
An airbag in a car is the closest thing I've ever experienced to what it feels like to get hit hard in football. Amateur boxing never did it and neither did rugby. All of them would make your body hurt and sore, but only AF made me ever feel concussed.
Big hits are electrifying, and can energize a crowd. However, they come at great risk to the guy getting hit. About 40% of these huge hits in the video ended up with the recipient receiving a neurological stinger or worse, signified by the tensing and contortions, of the body as it "freezes" after the hit.
IMO, the best big hits are where everyone can get back up and keep playing, and not get carted off
Now it's time for the more graceful side of football. Watch "Barry Sanders' 50 Greatest Runs". Speed, athleticism, agility, and strength. Barry was at least one of the 3 greatest NFL running backs of all time.
Yes this will be coming this week. After seeing the biggest hits, I can see some of the plays in these videos and it has made me really want to see the other side of the game also. Will check out Barry's runs soon. Cheers mate
Don’t forget the late great Jim Brown.
@@brucechmiel7964 ah you me the small tank...lol
Watch Hershel Walker too. Played at GEORGIA, USFL and NFL. Big man, moved with grace and speed.
Sanders was a joy to watch, the true definition of a human joystick. That man defied physics, if he hadn't retired he would have been the all time leading rusher, and I'm a Boys fan. Smith was great but Barry was different
As a former footballer I can attest to the ferocity of some of the hits. The worst ones are the ones you dont see coming.
Yeah, agree with you Caleb. I played American football six years thru senior year in high school (2 years varsity). The fastest players with the biggest strength abd size and the best vision usually don't get hurt unless there's a incidental collision.
And, yes, it hurts. Once the adrenaline wears off after the game, it's a painful recovery until the next game one week later.
Also, the helmet straps are meant to "release" at certain point of contact so you don't get a broken neck. That's why you see them come off without a players head inside. Most injuries are not broken bones, but tendon and ligament as well as concussion. Although you'll see fairly graphic bone injuries if you search it on the Googles.
@@jccepicfamilyfun438 ive been hit hard enough to feel like i got unplugged.
I agree 100%. Even if my team is the one delivering the hit but the opposing teams player is injured, it makes me feel more bad than making me pumped up. But if they get back up pretty okay, then it’s really exciting
Early 2000's is where it got to the pinacle of absurdity. The League pulled it back since then, so you don't really see the same destructive hits, but players will get leveled from time to time which, in my opinion, makes it even more fun because it's rare.
There's a great video about the Seahawks defense in the 2010s, when they were known as the Legion of Boom. Their hard hitting plays actually changed how defense was coached and recruited in the league. In fact, one of the original LOB members (Kam Chancellor) wound up with a career-ending neck injury in part because of how aggressively they played. Nonetheless, it's a great video with amazing clips, and it's fun to see defense get the spotlight because QBs and receivers often get the glory for making spectacular and exciting plays.
I’m so glad you’re enjoying American football. It’s truly an amazing sport. I feel like a lot of Europeans would enjoy the sport, and a lot of my fellow Americans would benefit from watching soccer and rugby.
The straps are connected to the helmets by 4-6 metal snaps. They are designed to break away and let the helmet come off if enough force is applied. This to protect players' heads and necks from extreme torsion and tension injuries.
There are some absolutely mad videos of passes and jukes, too. You should check out some of the jumping vids, too -- full grown men in full padding and helmet launching themselves clean over other full grown men. These guys are crazy fit athletes. Some of the upside down, backwards, flying, one-handed catches are unreal.
When you said “ I don’t want any of it”. I busted out laughing. Some hard knocks in this video.
Barry Sanders top 50 highlights if you want to see footwork at it's best. He was a running back for the Detroit Lions in the 90's
I wonder how much permanent brain damage we're seeing here
Played football from 7 years old till I finished high school. I've been out of school for the past 5 years, haven't put on pads since, but watching this video still gets me so hyped to go destroy my body on that one magic play where you see it coming and know you are about to wreck someone's whole night😂
Some of those hits were probably illegal; as another commenter said, there have been many rules changes over the years. Grabbing the face mask on a player's helmet for a tackle is one of a few infractions called "personal foul" and will result in a 15 yard penalty. In 2005, the "horse collar tackle" was banned in the NFL and is now also a personal foul. That's when you tackle a player from behind by grabbing his collar at the back of his neck and pulling downwards.
It’s hard to see just how BIG these guys are, how strong and FAST.
Ok, if someone already explained. I am sorry for repeating. In American Style Football ( I say American Style because Canada and Australia have also adopted the sport), there are some rules for tackling.
1. Tackles must be grabs or shoulder tackles. Helmet contact is forbidden.
2 A tackle on a quarterback is legal up until he throws the ball. If you are in mid tackle before the ball leaves his hand it is not illegal (Because you can't arrest your momentum to stop yourself during most tackle attempts) but if he has thrown then you tackle him, it is illegal.
3. Obviously tackling the ball carrier is not illegal unless it is done after he has passed the ball to someone else.
4. Blocking tackles are legal. If an opponent is chasing your ball carrier, you can tackle them to prevent your ball carrier getting tackled.
5. Tackling a random player who is not stated above is illegal.
Now, a bit about blocking on the scrimmage line. Holding your arms out and shoving are legal to block a player from passing you. You cannot hug (arms around the opposing player with hands locked) them or grab their jersey/facemask.
the fact that the dude that got creamed in the first play didn't drop the ball is impressive AF
I’m a new subscriber and I love your reaction to this this. Can’t wait to go check out your other videos.
As far as NFL you should check greatest running plays and greatest catches videos.
I’d also recommend NHL biggest hits, worst injuries and best fights
Keep up the great work!!!😊
People think that the pads make it not as bad but most don’t play for long cause it’s hard on the body when you are that big and hit that hard
Strapping those pads on for the first time, made me feel invincible.
But, my high school coach had a cure for that.
He used to make the freshman, and Junior Varsity teams scrimmage the Varsity team.
It looked alot like this video, and we learned that we were far from invincible.. 😂
I’m glad they put some middle school and high school clips
Hockey NHL hits and fights BOB Proburt is the law on the ice.
It's so cool to see people outside the US getting into AFB. It's definitely my favorite sport, but I know the barrier to entry is pretty high considering how complex it is. Watching these kinds of exciting highlights videos is definitely the best way to start!
This was fun to watch as an American football player- I have gone to the hospital twice lol
You mentioned you enjoy the technical aspects of the game. Check out Barry Sanders. Perhaps the best ever mix of speed, power, and agility. Stuck on a historically bad team. He had some of the most amazing plays of any halfback in league history.
Dang you got 200 + subs today.congrats my boy!!
I loved watching your reactions to this video. In truth, I will watch your reactions to anything because I love your Scottish accent! I hope to see many more of your videos. I subscribed today.
Don't apologize about stopping the video. I actually like that you watch a few clips and give your take on each clip in small doses. Keep up the good work
Varsity right tackle for a south Cali high school. I have 2 confirmed concussions, dislocated right shoulder, dislocated right elbow, broken left ankle, hyperextended both thumbs, jaw dislocated on left side. The cold makes most of that hurt. I'll never let my child play it, but damn was it a great 4 years
Some context on the hit at around 5:00 - the reason he picks the guy up instead of just tackling him is to prevent him from going out of bounds. The clock stop when the ball goes out of bounds, so runners will deliberately try to do that in order to buy time in a close game. So sometimes you’ll see the runner get physically picked up and thrown back in bounds like you see there
@7:05 For context, that play occurred in the 2013 Outback Bowl played betwen the University of Michigan and the University of South Carolina (played at Raymond James Stadium in Tamp, Florida - home of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers). The play before that, Michigan came up short of gaining the first down on a 4th down play, but the ref called a first down anyhow (even after they measured). It was such a horrible call. JaDaveon Clowney (the player who made the hit), crushed Michigan's running back, knocked his helmet off, forced a fumble, and he even recovered the fumble himself -- totally took control, changed the vibe in the game and Carolina went on to win. I can still feel that crunching hit every time I watch it because Clowney was seething with anger and he was getting that ball no matter what. Incidentally, Clowney went on to be the #1 overall pick in the NFL draft the following year.
During the off season, NFL teams go to the UK to play exhibition games there. I think you can buy tickets online and go see a game live without having to come to the US.
4:07 That is called clotheslining and is absolutely not legal, although it may have been when that game was played. Generally any interaction with another player's facemask can come with some severe penalties.
No, it was illegal back then. That quarterback was Roman Gabriel, he played for the Rams in the 60s. The facemasking and clotheslining rules were made back in the 50s due to the antics of Night Train Lane. . .
@@mortensen1961 Ok, I wasn't sure since I no basically nothing that period.
@@mortensen1961 Grabbing the face mask was made illegal in 1957 for anyone EXCEPT the ball carrier. It was instated to stop players from using the helmet while blocking. In 1962 the ball carrier was included. It was years later ( not sure of exact year) that the rest of the helmet was included as part of the face mask. The tackle on Gabriel was on the helmet and wasn’t illegal then.
This was all levels, peewee, high school, college, and pro NFL. We train ‘‘em young lol
And at least one Canadian Football clip. .
@@mortensen1961 Several. I was thinking maybe even more CFL and college clips than NFL. CFL (and college) are similar to the NFL game, but the rules for all three are different.
Glad you enjoyed it
Most of the lineman are running sub 5 seconds in the 40 yard dash with the faster players running lower 4 second 40's. The average human runs 6 second in the 40 yard dash. So yeah, those guys are flying.
As an American football player, I can confirm it doesn’t feel very good to get hit this hard. Even what seems like a small hit can completely knock the breath out of you can make an already difficult game, way more difficult.
I'll tell you from personal experience, when you get hit like that, your whole entire body hurts. You can't breathe and it feels like your bones are still vibrating for about 10-15 minutes after the hit. You want to cry and throw up at the same time. Sometimes it hurts just as bad to give a hit like that as it does to take one!
1:25 was such a bad game but we were left with big plays and that kenny bell hit was iconic. Everyone wanted to be kenny bell after that play
you should check out video footage of american football from the 1970's and even further back . there weren't as many rules/penalties so players could/did things that couldn't be done today .
There’s an old show called sports science that breaks down how much velocity these dudes are actually hitting with. The helmet is real secure until a 6’3 240 mlb hits you at like 20 mph
When I played, it was never necessarily the initial hit that hurt. It was mainly the abrupt stop of hitting the ground.
The helmets are really secured. There's also a mechanism built in the helmets you have to use an air pump to get it snugged to the to the head.
Don’t be a whimp! You can handle this! Our kids start out like this!😂
and with the pussification of america, your kids wont even get to hit like this if they make it to NFL. It will be flag football in 5 years you watch. Hits were legal for over 80 years..now everybody needs rules of protection..a safe space where no one gets hurt and we all hold hands singing Kumbaya..Change rules back. scared? play golf.
You should do an "angry runs" reaction. Beast running plays.
Some of these towards the end are Pop Warner league: The Tiny-Mite division is strictly for 5- to 7-year olds.
The Mitey-Mite division also has a hard-and-fast limit. All players are between 7-9 years old. Jr. Pee Wee division is for 8-, 9- and 10-year-olds and they must weigh between 60 and 105 pounds.
The Pee Wee division is typically for 9-, 10- and 11-year-olds who weigh between 75 and 120 pounds. However, the "older but lighter" rule applies in this division, as well. In this case, a 12-year old can play in the Pee Wee division if he weighs between 75 and 100 pounds.
As my grandmother used to tell me, "Rub some dirt on it and go back in there."
I just found your channel this week. I enjoy your reactions and hope to see more in the future. You might want to see the start of army navy games and also drum lines as more of your college games. The fly overs and game ball deliveries are unique.
Ronnie Lott, number 42 in red, at 2:38. He dislocated his pinky, and instead of surgery, he opted to amputate the tip of his pinky, so he wouldn't miss time. Lott was on the 49ers, my team.
Any Rugby player that thinks that Rugby is tougher than American Football needs to play football and get hit by a big defensive back going full steam and see how much it hurts compared to a Rugby hit. It's like getting hit by a car. The pads aren't there so it doesn't hurt. It's going to hurt like hell, no question. The pads are there to stop players from dying after getting hit by massive players moving at blazing speeds.
Most of these are NFl, but at least a third of them are college, and there are also high school and youth football hits thrown in there.
I appreciate people from other places taking interest into American football
There are some obvious similarities between rugby and gridiron football - as posters have mentioned, the two games share roots.
From a standpoint of contact and physicality, the main difference is the design of play. By rule, the flow of play in rugby is perpendicular to the direction of attack. Defenders/tacklers typically close with ball carriers at shallower angles on a much larger pitch/field. In gridiron football, attack and defense attack head on - which obviously increases the closing speed and therefore the violence of impact.
Do not be disillusioned by the helmets and pads. They do a reasonable (but not perfect) job of protecting the wearer from injuries like broken collarbones, cranial fractures, bashed noses, etc. But, again due to flow of play, they do little or nothing for concussions, broken ribs, spinal injury, collapsed lungs, lacerated kidneys, etc. In fact, the helmets and pads tend to make players reckless, which increases the likelihood of injury.
Gridiron football is easily the most brutal team sport of which I am aware - far moreso than rugby. It's got nothing to do with size, speed and strength. Elite rugby players are just as impressive as NFLers. It's simply a matter of rules and game design.
If you really want to go down a rabbit hole, do some looking into American college football. The college game is far older than the NFL, and in some parts of the country, more popular. College level players provide the feeder pool for three NFL, and often play in far larger stadia. In fact, eight of the ten largest sports arenas in the world are devoted exclusively to college football.
Amateur university students play before crowds in excess of 100,000, and nationally broadcast TV audiences. My own home state university has sold out every home game since 1962 - in a stadium which seats 90,000.
Culturally, American college football is far closer to European club football in its communal permanence, or the Irish GAA in its amateur status.
Football is a chess game that takes place over a series of sprints. Less focus on endurance (though, it is important), and more focus on speed, strength, and physicality.
Go ahead, pause and rewind these hits all you need. I do wish it had replays and longer clips, but gotta fit with the song.
I played football as a kid and rugby in high school and college. Football is crazy and way more dangerous in my opinion. Since the rules of rugby force you to tackle at the waist level and wrap up the ball carrier you never get these dangerous slams and spears. Football has a much higher injury rate in terms of long-term injuries whereas in rugby you get scraped and cut up more from the lack of pads. I do love both sports though!
Anyone who has played 🏈 can tell you that making a big hit is euphoric AF especially if the guy you smacked is someone you don't like. It's a gladiator sport where speed and power are the essential to compete. Its dangerous, but us Americans love it!
"Was that legal? Is that legal to pull a man's neck back?"
Not anymore, lol.
You spotted the one Peewee league game near the end, but a lot of the other hits were from college games, and a bunch look like high school. (If they have really good video quality but they don't have a real stadium, it's probably high school. Nobody films lower division college teams too small for a stadium.)
The average NFL hit is the equivalent of a 53 kph car crash.
I've said for decades that NFL Football is the embodiment of strategy, tactics, coordination, Intelligence (playbooks are the size of old school telephone books), speed, strength, fortitude, and determination.
It embodies the "American Spirit". Every play of American Rules Football is a "fist fight". You better be strong, fast, intelligent, and have a whole bucketload of guts to put those pads on for years and go against some of the strongest, fastest, and meanest athletes in the world.
Broken bones and whiplash...HaHaHa! So true!
If you see a jersey with the number 56 is a man named Lawrence Taylor. I think if you search his name it will show you just his massive tackle hits.
This is NFL,CFL,college and a few high school games.
Nice, thanks for letting me know, I didn't realise. Thanks again for the recommendation for this one, I really appreciate it. Enjoyed this video a lot.
AND a PeeWee/ Pop Warner game !
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There is a lot of hitting in football but the two main kinds you see are tackles and blocks. The difference is tackle is when the person is holding the ball
#16 with the green & white jersey was hurt pretty badly as I recall.
They have a term for that: "ragdolling" lol
Yes, the tackles where the guy is picked up and dropped are legal, so long as you don't throw them down on their head.
Kam Chancellor.
Man, that guy scared a ton of players.
Theres a couple videos about him
" that man could kick dirt and make you afraid."
One of the current fastest players in the NFL was clocked top speed at 23.4 mph/38.6 kmh
played american football my whole life. i’m from new york which is pretty cold in the football season. i can assure you that our pads essentially freeze, making them hard as rock. same with the pads inside the helmets. very painful all the time. but also the most fun sport i’ve ever played
My old high school football coach use to tell us basketball is a contact sport football is a collision sport. Some hits are like being in a car wreck
A tackle is only when the ball carrier is taken down. When another person gets hit it is called a block and just described as a hit. Making a block that is not needed to help the person with the ball is now illegal. It is called unnecessary roughness. But back in the 1980s and earlier it was legal. That clothes line on the quarterback has been illegal for a very long time.
To see how bad injuries can be keep in mind players have been paralyzed from hits. Almost all have had concussions in their careers and some have lasting effects.
Now you need to take a look at the NHL:
Video: Biggest Hockey Hits Ever-
YT Channel: The Highlight Factory
Run Time: 3:28
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They ARE securely on. The hits are just that forceful. It's not super common to see them come off, but it isn't outlandish or anything either.
This video explains why football careers tend to be so short compared to other sports.
The guy that went "limp" got paralyzed on that plau
Many of these highlights would be a penalty today. But my old high-school coach once told us, "football is a collision sport, not a contact sport." And when you're running full speed, with the athleticism these guys have...collision's gonna happen.
There are contact sports and noncontact sports. American Football is a collision sport, an impact sport. Football players are some of the biggest (some over 300 pounds - 135kg), strongest, fastest (some are world class track sprinters) athletes in the world. There is a great comedy movie about Football called "The Replacements" staring Keanu Reeves that has a line that sums up American Football:
The Coach (Gene Hackman) to his players at halftime in the looker room: "It's rough out there"
The Quarterback (Keanu Reeves): "That's why chicks don't play the game, coach!"
Wait until he finds out hits like this happen in middle school and those kids go straight home to run their mouths on call of duty like nothing happened.
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These aren't just NFL. They are also college and high school.
My friend, it is high time that you learn about the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. The best video I have found is "Best finish in CFB History: a game to remember."
It may seem long (22 minutes), but it will go by in a flash. Even if you don't do a video for it, you should definitely check it out.
Some of these wide receivers met their quarterbacks out in the parking lot after the game with a tire iron for setting them up for cross field murder ball passes like that.
if you want to see one of the all time best runners in American football history, watch the video called : THE GREATEST 50 RUNS OF BARRY SANDERS... he was a running back for the Detroit Lions(NFL)
We are very serious about our sports. People tend to get in fights over sports especially football. A guy I dated broke up with me over a football game
for skill and technical ability check out any video on barry sanders, dude was crazy good
I think you would really enjoy watching "Canada this is us: especially episodes 7 and 8 ww1 and ww2 enjoy
You should do greatest catches in the nfl it’s really good
The most telling difference between football and rugby is distance. Rugby is mostly close quarter. NFL has much more running space to gather more speed. Rugby is also short lateral pass while NFL is variable distance longitudinal down field.
The helmets are very secure, but at least once a game there'll be a hit hard enough in the perfect spot to send it flying, regardless how tight its on.
I played soccer ⚽️ football in Europe Army Bratt, back in the early 80's, then we came back to the state's in 85-6 so then I played American football through high-school graduated in 1990. American football 🏈 is a 2hr long car crash, when compared to soccer, and I was considered a ROUGH player!..C.T.E. is real..from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 🤠
Nelly made one song for an off-beat comedy film.
Becomes the anthem for American football.
"I thought the helmets were on securely"
Oh they are.
Helmets fly off when the players don't have them secure properly on their heads, the straps probably too loose.
Years of concussions have lead to many new rule changes, but it's still very dangerous.