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    Hip drop tackle officially banned

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    For those worried the game is getting too soft, the “flying tackle” was originally banned for player safety in 1910 along with the tush push.

     

    Harvard Crimson

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    September 28, 1910

    In order that those interested in football may more fully understand the changes in the rules for 1910, it may be well to review the work of the committee and to state and explain what the changes are, although it is difficult to do so briefly, without the use of many technical terms.

    One thing particularly should be clearly understood,--that the underlying purpose of the new rules was to minimize the element of danger in the game. To this purpose the committee adhered throughout all its work, and it should be commended for its single-minded efforts in this direction.

    A list of the rules passed for the purpose of ensuring greater safety and an analysis of their probable effect shows how many and drastic the changes are. Moreover the other rules, though made in part for other reasons, should also help in the result sought for.

    The changes made primarily to diminish the likelihood of physical injury were, briefly, as follows:

    1. The halves are subdivided into four periods of 15 minutes each, so that the prolonged strain of 35 minutes of continuous play will now be removed, and the total time of play is reduced 10 minutes.

    2. Players once withdrawn from the game can now be resubstituted, so that there is now no longer the temptation to play a man to the limit of his endurance before he is removed.

    3. Flying tackles have been prohibited, in the hope that the heavier shocks of tackling may be prevented.

    4. The runner is prohibited from "crawling" after being once downed, so that any "piling up" on the runner may be stopped.

    5. The team on the offensive is prohibited from pushing or pulling the man running with the ball, a rule which should practically eliminate heavy mass plays.

    Hip drop tackle officially banned

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    The one rule I’d like to see to bring defense back into the game is make it a turnover if the offense loses possession and the ball goes out of bounds. This would remove the end zone rule inconsistency and make the game safer because you hit less hard if there is a premium on stripping the ball out. Most importantly, all of the ball control offenses we see these days - with teams going turnover free for multiple games in a row - have turned NFL football into a snooze-fest. 

    Bills sign C/G Will Clapp

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    53 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

    He was the starting center for the Chargers when we played them last year. I remember thinking how lucky we were to play against their 3rd center in our matchup, and then our interior DL did basically nothing. So maybe our coaches were impressed and figured he was worth a shot as a camp body if nothing else.


    didn’t Oliver blow by the middle of their line to win the game. 

    Deja Vu all over again - Offseason Jets talk

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    Division should be easier this year.  The stars aligned perfectly for Miami last year and it wasn’t enough - they are never going to have any thing close to an under  30 Tyreek, and a first contract tua, waddle and Wilkins. As far as the jets go, there have been only about 2 QBs with any success after 40, Favre and Brady and those guys were virtually indestructible when it comes to injury avoidance. 

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    Predict Reception Yardage Leaders

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    31 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

    He was, in fact, the #1 WR in terms of catch percentage. Everyone above him was a RB catching screens and dump-offs. He was also 11th in yards per reception. Not bad for a slot guy. He was also #1 in Success % and yards per target. He only had 45 targets all season. That number needs to go up.

     

    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2023/receiving.htm 


    Shakir being the league’s number 1 receiver in  reception percentage per target, while also finishing 11th in yards per reception, and playing in a wind tunnel of a home stadium, is almost bizarre. 

    Predict Reception Yardage Leaders

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    14 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:

     

    Based on your list of players:

    Diggs:  1100-1200

    Shakir:  700-1000

    Kincaid: 700-900

    Rookie:  500-700

    Samuel:  500-700

    Cook:  300-500

    Knox:  100-300

    Hollins:  100-200

    Shorter:  0-100

     

    People are still sleeping on Shakir.  His reliability was the best on the team and was our best WR down the stretch and playoffs.  He will be a big part of our offense this year.  Honestly, I would easily have Shakir well over 1000 yards if it wasn't for the fact we have a lot of mouths to feed.  

     

    Meanwhile, Samuel likely starts outside with Diggs to start the season with our rookie likely rotating in with Samuel.  But I expect Samuel to dominate the snaps early in the season as the rookie builds trust with Allen and the coaches.  If the rookie earns that trust, then I think he will start getting more opportunities in the 2nd half of the season.  I put him in yardage ahead of Samuel because I think the rookie probably gets more chunk plays and big plays but less catches, so he will probably put up more yards than Samuel.   

     

    I don't expect any one player to have a massive statistical season because this offense is going to be loaded and ball will be spread around, plus I expect the run game to be a big part of our offense still next year with Cook.  


    Shakir was not only the most reliable on the team. His 86-87% completion rate on targets had to have lead the whole league. 

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