You better do a good job of reducing the amount of space that everyone plays in. Option football makes you make one-on-one football plays and tackle in space. It's no different than the option football that my generation grew up on. What I mean is that there's a point of attack, and there's usually some perimeter component whether it's a naked (bootleg) or a jet (sweep), or a fake keep that tests your perimeter. It certainly can be practiced, and this is how it's accomplished. How is that accomplished, and can it be practiced?Ī. For a defense to be successful against Jackson, you said the players have to be good in space. If you remember, we played those guys late last year, and we carried pads on a Friday to make a point about the nature of this matchup, and particularly as it pertains to situational football – short yardage, goal-line things – that you typically practice on a Friday. It was critical for us to get back in those pads to lower our pad level to work on things relative to carrying our pads in an effort to get the desired result we want today, and particularly because it's the Ravens. We've had short weeks and travel issues that have made it necessary for us to practice in helmets only. But based on where we are in terms of what we need to do, particularly at the early stages of the season, those padded practices are very necessary. And so those are the variables in the decision making process. When you wear pads, you're excluding the potential of some of that participation. When you wear helmets, you have an inclusive mentality. Guys like (Patrick Peterson), who generally doesn't work on Wednesdays, and then maybe the guy who's injured and trying to get on a moving train and limited from a participation standpoint. It might be a veteran player who takes a little longer to get ramped up again the following week. One of the things that you acknowledge when you carry pads on a Wednesday is you're excluding certain people. No, those decisions are not interrelated. When you make that decision, does it have any impact on whether you give guys that day off to rest their bodies?Ī. You made the decision to have the team practice in pads on Wednesday.
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