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<blockquote data-quote="forensicbuzz" data-source="post: 20640" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>Here's how I would differentiate "targeting" from "a good, clean hit:" When you lead with your face mask and smack the player, wrapping him up and wiping him out, even when he's vulnerable, that's fair. When you pull your arms into your body and explode into a vulnerable ball carrier, that's targeting. We're talking about the difference between tackling and trying to seriously damage the other player. When I played football, we were taught to "tackle" the ball carrier. Today, there's so much emphasis on the "big hit" that the defensive person isn't tackling any more; they're trying to knock the runner over/out/whatever. This isn't even an effective way to bring the ball carrier down. If you tackle someone and there's helmet-to-helmet, that's going to be incidental or initiating somewhere else first. Stop trying to make the highlight reel and there'll be less head injuries and more defensive stops. Just my observation of both the Pro's and the college game for the last 15-20 years. It's gotten progressively worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forensicbuzz, post: 20640, member: 198"] Here's how I would differentiate "targeting" from "a good, clean hit:" When you lead with your face mask and smack the player, wrapping him up and wiping him out, even when he's vulnerable, that's fair. When you pull your arms into your body and explode into a vulnerable ball carrier, that's targeting. We're talking about the difference between tackling and trying to seriously damage the other player. When I played football, we were taught to "tackle" the ball carrier. Today, there's so much emphasis on the "big hit" that the defensive person isn't tackling any more; they're trying to knock the runner over/out/whatever. This isn't even an effective way to bring the ball carrier down. If you tackle someone and there's helmet-to-helmet, that's going to be incidental or initiating somewhere else first. Stop trying to make the highlight reel and there'll be less head injuries and more defensive stops. Just my observation of both the Pro's and the college game for the last 15-20 years. It's gotten progressively worse. [/QUOTE]
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