OneManGang
Veteran
Tackle Derrick Henry full speed with no head protection brehs 
How soon until the NFL makes this mandatory for players in games?
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NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
No human being is willing to run full speed and go head first into a player without a helmet. There’s a level of coordination in rugby tackles that you Don’t see in American football. If I can bring my helmet across your thigh to make a tackle, that only exists in American football. That won’t happen in rugby and if American football remove the helmets, tacklers would have to make the adjustment.
Helmets are the worst thing to happen to American football
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NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
No helmets will definitely help the offenses that much more. But we also would see better tacklers getting jobs because some of these guys can’t tackle worth shyt without throwing around their helmets protected bodies.Tackle Derrick Henry full speed with no head protection brehs
triplehate
Superstar
Wait are y'all saying no helmets and no pads too?
Cause a nikka launching into you with his pads against your face is gonna be hilarious
Cause a nikka launching into you with his pads against your face is gonna be hilarious
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
The point is, you won’t see any more launching. You would see tackling
Cats think that Burfict is going to launch his head at Antonio Brown the same way if there was no helmets. This play never happens in a no helmet league. We all played Pickup Football growing up with no helmets and nobody ever got a concussion because we didn't run like crash test dummies.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Yes and in 5 years everyone gonna be like this
You’re not listening. playwr will not involve their head in making tackles if they are not wearing a helmet.
I repeat players will not make tackles headfirst if they are not wearing a helmet.
This would reduce concussions
OneManGang
Veteran
Bro launching is a whole separate issue. Football is played too fast and violently inherently to not protect your skull and face. The fact this needs to be explained isCats think that Burfict is going to launch his head at Antonio Brown the same way if there was no helmets. This play never happens in a no helmet league. We all played Pickup Football growing up with no helmets and nobody ever got a concussion because we didn't run like crash test dummies.
And people 100% got injured playing pickup. I know a dude personally had his whole head smashed in and had to retire to JV soccer with a helmet from playing backyard football
You're the football player so Im not going to retort what you say but I will say this.
Its 3rd and 9 and your down 4 with a minute left you catch the ball 3 yards short and you have to get the 1st. Are you lowering your head to get it and as a defender are you lowering your head to make that tackle?
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
No one… Is going to… Go head first…. To make a tackle….Without a helmet.
It doesn’t matter the situation. No one will do it. They will only do so wearing a helmet. Helmets cause these collisions because players don’t have to worry about bruising their faces and heads when tackling. No one wants to bust their face open to make a tackle
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they would havr to drastically change the rules in the NFL/American football because it's basically a violent sport
no matter how advanced helmet technology gets, players are still going to get brutally injured
don't get me wrong, helmets should still be as safe as possible, but unless they make drastic changes to the game itself players are going to get hurt really bad
but then people would say what's the point of watching football if you can't be physical, so I don't have the answers, just saying
no matter how advanced helmet technology gets, players are still going to get brutally injured
don't get me wrong, helmets should still be as safe as possible, but unless they make drastic changes to the game itself players are going to get hurt really bad
but then people would say what's the point of watching football if you can't be physical, so I don't have the answers, just saying
ALonelyDad
Veteran
They should just make it flag football
Cats think that Burfict is going to launch his head at Antonio Brown the same way if there was no helmets. This play never happens in a no helmet league. We all played Pickup Football growing up with no helmets and nobody ever got a concussion because we didn't run like crash test dummies.
Take the helmets out and this play could very easily be a forearm to the face for some dirty player intending to hurt someone.
I think the real problem is that the only way to find a definitive answer is to run an experimental league where the game is played with no helmets. That would be a very costly experiment.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Thats better than a concussion honestly. Plus….those players who do that will pay the price getting kicked out.Take the helmets out and this play could very easily be a forearm to the face for some dirty player intending to hurt someone.
I think the real problem is that the only way to find a definitive answer is to run an experimental league where the game is played with no helmets. That would be a very costly experiment.