Brit Reacts To NFL MOST BRUTAL HITS OF 2023-2024!

[@999maza]

They don't do horizontal passes (called laterals) because if the ball gets dropped the other team can dive on it. Protecting the ball is always the first priority.

[@michaelb.3982]

Also the speed of the linebackers..If the lateral is hanging in the air,they will pick it off... they also will knock the life out of the back as soon as he catches the backwards pass..

[@JacobMcG64]

Idc. Triple option til the day I die.

[@farhad_v25]

To answer your question about what qualifies a disqualification, it’s similar to what you said around the 9:00 mark: no regard to tackle safely. Most of the time a direct head to head hit has a good chance to lead to disqualification, but when it’s clear the opponent has no regard for the health and safety of a player, ejections are near automatic

[@farhad_v25]

The best clean hit I’ve seen in this video is at the 8:19 mark. The defender keeps his head away from the opponent’s head and has a clear intention to break up the pass instead of hit the defender as hard as possible. When a defender is able to slide across a player instead of stopping all their momentum, that is good technique. You can see him celebrating at the end there too😂

[@Onibushou]

Coby Bryant, not Kobe. Look up the famous lateral play by Trinity against the Millsaps Majors. Its just rare to see it outside of desperation situations like that because it so rarely works. If a ball is thrown forward its a play-ending penalty, and if it is thrown sideways or backwards, it can easily go for a fumble/turnover. Just not worth attempting. There's also the triple option offense that does something similar to rugby, but its fairly outdated. The service academies will sometime use it (due to size limitations along the O-line) and that's about it. Even Georgia Tech dropped it when the coach changed.

[@thethe-nt1tb]

So many players think tackling someone starts by leading with their head. I know the game moves fast, but this video has so many examples of what what not to do.

[@lexzone-six9912]

Lateral passes make less sense in American Football, because unlike in Rugby, if the other team gets the ball then they not only have possession, they can also be in good field position to score. Rugby's back and forth nature makes turnovers far less devastating than in football. If you don't get much yardage on first down, then try again on second and third. But always protect the football.

[@Cashcrop54]

Good one Kabir. It's just too risky to be improving by lateraling the ball to a teammate. There have been some usage of the lateral like Rugby by it's considered a trick play. Or it's improvised out of desperation.

[@rodneysisco6364]

US football teams don't do much lateral passing like rugby does because possession of the ball is much more important in football than it is in rugby and lateral passing is a good way to lose possession of the ball . This is called a " turnover " in football and losing possession via a turnover is a key statistic in football . The team committing the fewest turnovers is far more likely to win the game

[@robertdedrick7937]

Targeting = disqualification. A newer rule, 2017, in which a defender can not hit a defenseless player in the head/neck area . This includes launching and head to head hits Player are allowed head to head contact during blocking .

[@Cam33NG]

Head to head contact is not always targeting.. it's only targeting if it's the crown (top) of the helmet that they are aiming with

[@UltraViolent21]

American football isn’t a contact sport. It’s a collision sport. There were quite a few times when I woke up in the training room not remembering how I got there when I played in High School.

[@farhad_v25]

14:33 the Seattle Seahawks have a player named Coby Bryant. If you think that’s funny, they also have a guy named Michael Jackson

[@heywoodjablowme8120]

Michael still touching young men even today 😂❤😂

[@PythonKnight]

let's not forget Michael Jordan as well, I believe he was either a Panther or a Commander

[@davidkillens8143]

In some Canadian Junior Hockey leagues they are installing tiny sensors in the helmets that register hits. If an excessive hit is registered, via Bluetooth, the trainer gets an alert and the player is taken off the ice and checked for concussion.

[@JesseLJohnson]

You don't get ejected just for a shot to the head. It has to be a pretty egregious hit. Where you launch yourself into the opposing players head. You can also get ejected if you get 2 taunting or unsportsmanlike conduct flags too. I think its 2 at least. A blow to the head that isn't as violent still is a flag but unless its a really hard hit where you launch yourself into contact it normally doesn't lead to an ejection.

[@christophermckinney3924]

I love that American football has the penalty of "unnecessary roughness" becaseu that means "necessary roughness" is part of the game.

[@loganleroy8622]

The simplest way to describe targeting is using your helmet to make contact with the other guy's helmet. It's not just limited to that, but that's the basic starting principle.

[@philgoad5587]

Comsidering how bad my Broncos were this year, I wasnt expecting the first part of the video to be our highlight real.

[@jamesmarciel5237]

Finally! A video about hits from the NFL that actually is all about the NFL. Every other video that KZbin reactors react to are about 70-80% hits from college games, even though they are supposed to be entirely from the NFL

[@do_or_Dey]

The Seahawks have a safety on their team named Coby Bryant.

[@ScottyM1959]

Starting a fight, A REAL fight intentionally kicking or punching etc, hitting a player after the play is over, hitting a player after they are out of bounds, touching or hitting an official are all things that get you tossed from a game. People will edit me if I added too much or left stuff out, I'm sure. I don't know what the training is like for rugby but I do know these guys push their bodies to lift more push more hit harder run faster never quit and know their playbooks, and thats how they can play every week at maximum levels. Yes you could keep laterally the ball but you also run the risk of losing the ball and that's why it's saved as a last play or next to last play move to hopefully score to tie or win when the game is just about over

[@maxzero9647]

Just a reminder that almost all of the ball carriers and second line defenders are over 1.8m tall, and weigh between 90 and 120kg, and all of them move between 27 and 33km/h. NFL athletes are absolute monsters, and the screen really just doesn't do them justice.

[@jacobwesterman5236]

Any dropped lateral in the nfl is a love ball either team can recover. Trying a bunch of lateral tosses typically results in losing the ball to the other team. Teams usually only do it when time is running out and they have to attempt something out of the ordinary to score.

[@AndrewColombana]

Only a few players are ball handlers. You pitch to a line man and they have too much tape and hand pads and they can't hang onto the ball. Plus you can't bundle all your ball handlers within 10 yards because they also bring the defenders who are keying on them. In Rugby, everyone is a ball handler and used to catching the ball and you have to spread out and time your pitches and even that goes wrong with missed queues sometimes.

[@t.s.9656]

If you want to see some crazy hits, watch highlights from the 1970's.

[@michaelb.3982]

NFL is bigger, stronger,tougher, faster, and much more complex ..Rugby is checkers.. NFL is chess !

[@Wxqzq9826]

As an nfl fan, it’s unfair to say all of that. Without comparing the athletes, the hits in football are way harder because wearing light pads give players a false sense of delusion of how safe they actually are. Watch a game or 2 of rugby and you’ll see how they mainly just wrap up softly rather than throwing a shoulder or their entire body

[@Wxqzq9826]

But yes, 1 thing I’ll 100% agree on is that nfl athletes are significantly faster for their sizes vs rugby players

[@michaelb.3982]

@xqzq9826 strict tackling rules makes it simple and boring .. Most tackles are up close, bear hug tackles .. Rugby is the exact same thing over and over and over.. A small handful could possibly play on the defensive line...

[@michaelb.3982]

@xqzq9826 I have watched it.. they always claim they run nonstop, but when I watch Rugby I see guys standing around or barely walking..

[@reneerollins4433]

​@@Wxqzq9826comparing rugby to the NFL is like trying to compare flag football to to actual football 😅

[@LancerX916]

American football is an impact sport. In fact, they don't want arm tackles, they want shoulder tackles that drive the player to the ground. You can break arm tackles easily.

[@exploringhistoricsanjoseca3267]

Having played both rugby and football, the hits in football are much more violent. The helmets and padding gives a false sense of security. Rugby players would never attempt head to head hits at full speed or dive at knees while running full speed at an oncoming player. NFL is nutz!

[@christophermckinney3924]

Most of these hits to the head are unintentional. A player lowers his head to hit another pleyer in the chest who then lowers his head and they collide head-to-head. It's one of the hardest pemalties to avoid PLUS this generation of players were taught from elementary school through college to lead with their heads until the NFL outlawed the had to head hit in the open field. Now most don't know how to tackle naturally without making head-to-head contact. When I played the coaches used to get on us for "arm tackling" meaning using your arms and not you helmet for first contact.

[@siltstridersftw]

#22 on the defense for the Denver Broncos was one of those players who wouldn't learn his lesson, he was suspended twice in 2023 for those kinds of hits. He's a perfect fit for the Kansas City Chiefs though, but the Las Vegas Raiders being in the first two clips is ironic because they've been a punching bag of the NFL for almost two decades now, they haven't won a playoff game since the 2002 and I think that streak will continue. Also in the the first few clips, he's in those and he did that so often that people were fed up, if I was on the other team, he would get his ass kicked hard.

[@christophermckinney3924]

You can make a lateral or backward pass, but it's not a big part of the game except when there is littel time on the clock.

[@Friedhelm249]

What I was taught when was when you see a guy coming for you you need to sprint because of you tense up then it will hurt more

[@saksit247]

I think they might hit a bit harder than rugby because the equipment give them (probably a false) sense of protection. So you right about the technique, many of them have no interest in just dragging the other guy down. When you get a clean hit you also send a message that you should think twice before running that same route again.

[@princedreadhead88]

It’s kinda the same rule like lunching and aiming at the head or a helmet to helmet contact

[@TroySteele17]

Let’s Go Panthers

[@2k_adriandagoat453]

You should react to biggest lacrosse hits

[@LuisNegron12379]

Intentional hit ab9ve the shoulders or intentional late hit out of bounds or on a qb

[@TheGoldenBoyPaint]

i dont know why you keep saying get rid of it on kick returns lmao, you'd be sitting on the bench for the rest of the season if you did some dumb sht like that

[@posttraumafish5784]

You are not allowed to clothes line, that move was banned since around the 50’s due to a player named night train lane who you should watch a video on. Night train lane had a technique that was like clothes lining that he called the “night train necktie” and had broken so many players jaws with it it resulted in a trend of wearing facemasks which started with a player named Otto graham who got hit by the train. Also it’s cool to see a rugby player interested in football, I was a football fan who got interested in rugby and was a player throughout highschool and college.

[@spinalobifida]

A lot of these plays that players get ejected for is for the catcher being a defensiveness player.

[@bbqujeh]

Compared to the 60s and 70s, these hits, they're taking the defender out of the game. Back in 1976 I collided with a player that out weighed me by 30lbs, I lost a weeks worth of memory. The clothe line was outlawed because of Dick Nightrain Lane's neck tie tackles.

[@bhswarrior94]

Are you gonna acknowledge the fact that athletes today are bigger, faster and stronger or ignore it?

[@areguapiri]

Two weeks worth of memory? Do you expect anyone to believe that?

[@bbqujeh]

That collision caused seizures, which persist to this day. So I really don't care what you believe. @@areguapiri

[@bhswarrior94]

@@bbqujeh You wanna acknowledge my comment or ignore it since it doesn't fit your agenda?

[@bbqujeh]

Where did I say that the players to day weren't bigger or faster, no where did I ever say the B.S.! @@bhswarrior94

[@JesseLJohnson]

Kareem Jackson actually got suspended for all the hits this year besides getting ejected from at least a couple games. Can't remember how many games but I think he was suspended for a couple besides getting ejected in a couple others.

[@George-ux6zz]

You're ejected from the game if you fight using your helmet, you launch yourself during a tackle, helmet to helmet can be a personal fowl or an ejection depending on the situation. When you attempt to hurdle a player and accidentally knock him out, that's not a penalty at all. I've seen cases where multiple players are ejected bcuz of fighting as well.

[@countyboy3988]

Its hits in the head or neck area

[@LuisNegron12379]

You can lateral pass and backward pass to a team ate to keep runn8ng. They don't do it much because a mistake means a td the other way

[@alanhammon1139]

broncos going crazy

[@bernardmayles6564]

Problem the NFL is running into is by trying to make it safe it's taking all the toughness out of it. Every big hit is flagged. It's gonna end up being flag football

[@Dannyedelman4231]

Launching at the upper body

[@LuisNegron12379]

Do a react to the miami miracle

[@michaeltowslee4111]

American football is a ballistic sport. Instead of tackling with the arms they use their bodies as missiles. Look into players association lawsuit over concussions and you'll get a much better idea as to the issues in this sport.

[@robles634]

the NFL will ban Slant routes

[@killiansred1000]

Speed wins games. Laterals wouldn’t work because the NFL guys are so fast the ball would intercepted.

[@Anne.Pinkerton]

Helmet on helmet penalties will get you ejected from the game in a heartbeat!!!!! If you lower your head to lead with it for the hit and hit the other player in the head, you're OUT! The helmets they wear now are very well made and each player has a choice of helmets. If you look closely, not all the helmets on one team are the same. I sure do miss football in the off season!

[@the_dog_says_moo]

I've been watching football for 40+ years and the older I get, the less I like seeing big hits. Unless its a player on my team 😆 🤣

[@kentgrady9226]

You and I are of similar vintage. The brain damaged former players we hear about are either the ones we watched as kids, or our own age peers. Seeing current players get lit up just reminds us of the fragility of our own health. I'm with you. I once had little empathy for players on the ass-end of the whompin' stick. I didn't truly want them hurt, but I really enjoyed that moment of contact. Now, I just wince. Many years ago, my dad, who was a true fan of the game, told me that football had become so violent and the players so lethal, that it probably should not be played at the professional level. It's far too big to just go away. But, maybe he did have a point.

[@raise1000]

If they didnt wear helmets, half these guys would be dead.

[@brett238]

Yes

[@6th_Down_Rugby_league]

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[@A_Name_]

Any head to head shot can get you ejected but it's up to the refs, normally they just give the penalty unless it's egregious. And by that I mean if it's obvious they were trying to make head to head contact and it wasn't an accident. However if you do it twice in a game it's automatic ejection even if it was an accident. That being said as much as the NFL says the rules are to protect players it's just to get more scoring in the game. If both teams don't score 30 points they aren't happy. They almost never make rule changes to protect defenders. Hell the ball carrier can all but rip the defenders helmet off and it's not a facemask but if the defense touches the facemask without even grabbing it then it's a penalty.

[@andregourdine8353]

Of course the hits are harder than rugby hits.

[@opretpally]

You can't hit a defenseless player, like when they are flying through the air catching a ball. Cant hit them mid flight

[@mage1439]

If they really wanted to take player safety seriously, they have to start by coming down hard on things like intentionally leading with the helmet, which you can see so much of here. It needs to be harshly punished to show it's not going to be allowed. Also slamming into people who are diving, or like when the QB was sliding (which means he's already down). And also when people celebrate a big hit, that should be an automatic ejection with possibility of suspension. That's a start to making the game safer. Too many of these guys still WANT to ring each other's bells, and it needs to stop.

[@areguapiri]

You wear pink panties.

[@mage1439]

@@areguapiri Let's keep my kinks out of this and acknowledge the fact, judging by the tone of your comment, that you love watching people fuck up their lives for your amusement.

[@pollyduron674]

A lot of these are crap hits that are and should be illegal. Targeting endangers both players. I taught my boys to lower their shoulder but NEVER lead with your helmet. It can cause spinal injuries. They are practicing shoulder takedowns because they are trying to make hip drops illegal, which makes it harder on defenders.

[@chrisswinerton9603]

All this shows is how alot of the players in the NFL need to learn how to tackle. Rugby players can teach football players proper technique on how to tackle.

[@UltraViolent21]

I’ve played both. Football happens much faster. We are taught to destroy the ball carrier. We don’t have time for hugging.

[@TheGoldenBoyPaint]

this isn't rugby smart guy lmao, you want to try and wrap one of these dudes up running a 4 flat be my guest. Its not going to end well for you

[@chrisswinerton9603]

@@UltraViolent21 No time for a career, family or a life they way they play. Wearing pads doesnt make you invincible. Rugby players can run just as fast as most players, wear no pads and no how to form tackle. Its technique taught from the start.

[@TheGoldenBoyPaint]

@chrisswinerton9603 stick to your rugby bro 🤣 not your sport to be worried about

[@juanlugo3982]

N f l players have protection rugby players don't maybe a cup right😂 S.F 49ers 👍🏾