In light of the recent injury issues in the NFL, the NFL has released a safety video that is being shown to 32 NFL teams. The idea behind the video is to show how and how not to legally hit a player under the new rule.
After watching the 4 minute video and seeing the examples it amazes me how many players do not properly know how to tackle. Most players, for some reason, lower their heads and use their helmets as a weapon. James Harrison, who has complained about these recent rules, did it twice in the video. Apparenlty, he doesn't realize that when you tackle like that you could have permanent neck damage and possibly break it as you put a lot of pressure on your spine and neck. But that's okay, because he is just out to hurt people.
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