Football tackling technique

[Houston]

I know that a player named Matt Bowen ran it in 4.3.

You name a player from Rugby that runs a 4.3 and I can name you 3 from the NFL that do. There are tons of people that run 4.3's and don't even play

 

[ThunderHorse]

You name a player from Rugby that runs a 4.3 and I can name you 3 from the NFL that do. There are tons of people that run 4.3's and don't even play

thats the sad thing,

there are so many guys in the NFL that run 4.3's that suck...

 

[ThunderHorse]

I just looked online to see some of the fastest 100 times for rugby players...

and there are kids in college who play football such as Jeff Demps who were faster then these guys in highschool, have Olympic caliber speed, play football, and might not even be good enough to play in the NFL.

 

[ThunderHorse]

I've played football and rugby in high levels and there is no way in hell rugby players are faster or stronger then NFL players. NFL players are the best athletes in the world hands down. And the reason some players dont tackle by the legs is because the ball carrier will fall forward for an extra 2-3 yards everytime.

yea, people forget that 2-3 yards in football is a big deal, where as in rugby 2-3 yards isn't such a problem.

Players in football have to put everything they have in stopping the ball carrier and not giving up any yards while they do it, because if they give up 2 or 3 yards because they tried to make a form tackle they failed.

in rugby a form tackle is great, but in the nfl your going to get run over if you try to form tackle someone.

 

[Houston]

there are so many guys in the NFL that run 4.3's that suck...

yep, but luckily in Madden they're better than the actual starting WR's so they can start on my team. lol

Actual catching and route running means nothing in Madden so all these guys have a chance to start in Madden.

 

[CaribbeanJoseph]

i've played both and rugby just doesn't compare

lol at trying to say your average rugby player is even with a nfl guy when it comes to speed, strength, etc.

 

[Houston]

i've played both and rugby just doesn't compare

lol at trying to say your average rugby player is even with a nfl guy when it comes to speed, strength, etc.

That's why for the first time in VSN history I stopped an argument on my own.

This one wasn't worth arguing about, it's not even close.............

 

[Houston]

None you even watch Rugby League so you can't talk of the players who play the game. Playing it doesn't mean much at the level you would have played, you played Rugby Union which is the inferior game when it comes to great athletes. You think that the NFL is better because that's all you have seen, they may be faster but that's all they have on Rugby League players. For skill across the board, the NFL isn't better.

I bet that football players are more faster, stronger, agile, have quicker reaction times, can jump higher, have better hand-eye coordination, and can pull more ho's.

 

[Saluki]

I bet that football players are more faster, stronger, agile, have quicker reaction times, can jump higher, have better hand-eye coordination, and can pull more ho's.

For someone who doesn't make useless posts, that was pretty useless.

Anyway. I'm not sure about rugby, but alot of times in football guys are trying to strip the ball out as well, which is a different tackling tech than normal.

 

[Saluki]

Maybe the fast guys are a little more athletic but I see a lot of unfit players in the NFL. In the NRL there are none, they can all run 10 miles, run the 100m in under 13 seconds and can bench press over 125kg. So for across the board, the NFL isn't as good.

You sound like the reverse houston boy. You couldn't take a rugby team, put them in football pads and expect them to compete in the NFL cuz it's not the same thing. Just like baseball and cricket arn't the same thing, most stuff doesn't translate from sport to sport.

 

[Houston]

Maybe the fast guys are a little more athletic but I see a lot of unfit players in the NFL.

Yeah because the weight of an NFL players have a greater range because of all the variety in positions.

 

[Champ]

Im loling at somone saying that a Runners upper body is stronger than their lower body.

 

[Houston]

You sound like the reverse houston boy. You couldn't take a rugby team, put them in football pads and expect them to compete in the NFL cuz it's not the same thing. Just like baseball and cricket arn't the same thing, most stuff doesn't translate from sport to sport.

I'm willing to bet that an NFL player could adjust quicker and become a better player at the opposite sport than a Rugby player can.

 

[Saluki]

I'm willing to bet that an NFL player could adjust quicker and become a better player at the opposite sport than a Rugby player can.

I'm not talking about a single player, im talking about an entire team, to better represent the sport as a whole, i bet an NFL team would get their ass whooped in rugby by the best rugby team, just like the best rugby team would get their ass whooped in football by the top football teams

 

[brees fan]

rugby is alot more painful a sport too so i doubt nfl players would play more than about ten minutes and quit. I mean in nfl if you hit someone to hard you get fined in rugby those guys knock each other silly all game long

 

[CaribbeanJoseph]

rugby is alot more painful a sport too so i doubt nfl players would play more than about ten minutes and quit. I mean in nfl if you hit someone to hard you get fined in rugby those guys knock each other silly all game long

loooooooooooooooooool

i can tell you from personal experience, football >>>>>>> rugby when it comes to pain

edit: and i've played both forms of rugby at senior level and football up to high school

 

[brees fan]

right becasue rugby is huge here in the states and you play it all the time... when rugby players start wearing helmets and full pads then football might be tougher but they dont so rugby>>>>football

 

[CaribbeanJoseph]

right becasue rugby is huge here in the states and you play it all the time... when rugby players start wearing helmets and full pads then football might be tougher but they dont so rugby>>>>football

um, my mom lives in the uk jackass, i've spent a good bit of my life with her

and you just show how clueless you are when you use the helmet and pads arguement

 

[brees fan]

hows that? if pads make you a badass then my old ladys mr.t

 

[brees fan]

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