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**Rams at Lions (-3, 51.5), SNF Wild Card Weekend Game #5** (2 Viewers)

Is it me.....or are injuries just spiraling out of control in the NFL.

Too big too strong too fast to sustain this violent game?

Not to compare middle school athletes to professionals, but my 13yo son plays football and rugby. Both tough violent sports and I've seen injuries in both, but football much more dangerous IMO because of all the pads. In rugby they learn proper tackling techniques, etc. because if you recklessly go full speed headfirst into someone you're just as likely to jurt yourself as them. In football they have this false confidence because they're wearing pads and helmets and just throw their bodies at each other at full speed trying to make the biggest impact possible.

Like you said, the size and speed of these guys is incredible and having them fire themselves like missiles at each other at full speed is unsustainable for the sport long-term. Would love to see the NFL somehow put more emphasis on things like making proper tackles as opposed to just trying to light people up, but that would be a whole culture shift in the sport.
Give them leather helmets again.
 
Cris, it's not that Kyren Williams is so patient as a runner. It just takes him some time to move his feet forward one after the other.
 
Nobody wants the old football, but that Nacua catch would have seen him utterly wiped out just ten years ago. Anzalone barely shoulder checked him. It was like a half-hearted hockey check.
 

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