big hits vs productive play

Surely a 30 yard screen play will get everyone fairly pumped.

You are right you definitly can't call plays like that, but you know that some players have a nack from making a spectacular play do you put those guys on the field over a slightly more consistant but less spectacular player.

Are you a coach?


Part time, but I am speaking from an outside POV. So for the purpose of my question you can pretend Im not.

From a fan perspective which was a more exciting play to watch:
Fitzgerald's 60 yd go ahead TD or Holmes 13 yd game winning TD?

I wasn't being that specific. The basic question is, Do you believe that plays are real exiciting and get the crowd into the game sometimes have more value then simple more consistant plays? Do you think they have any more value if you're playing at home or on the road etc?


Is there anyway I can go back and change the title?

44dlcoach - I noticed your post got ignored by the masses. But I agree with you. Hey man, intimidation isn't reserved for just HS kids. You can see it every saturday and sunday. Don't think for 1 second that NFL receivers ran through Jack Tatum's secondary like they were fearless. It isn't any different now, RB's either...Icky Woods career ended on a hit by Ronnie Lott and the only injury suffered was to Icky's mentality. Christian Okoye was done after meeting Steve Atwater. Eddie George was never the same after that hit by Ray Lewis...it's not a short list.



I've said it 1000 times, there is a mentality difference between an offensive player and a defensive player. That's just how it is, there is a reason Ray Lewis is a LB instead of a FB, a reason Julius Peppers is a DE instead of a TE...it's not an athletic difference it's a mentality difference.

I agree with you 100%. One of the things as a DC I want is for us to get a couple shots on their players early in the game. Not pressures where he gets drug down by the jersey, I mean blind side ear ringing shots or center cut of the chest when he step up to throw. Whether he completes the ball or not is irrelavent, those hits speed up his clock usually for the game. Same thing for RBs and WRs, we want them HIT, heavy contact, early and often. I've seen it way too often to believe it's not a major game changing experience.

I've seen it where if you put some hits on their stud and change him, the whole team is intimidated.

But then again on the other side of that, this past year we beat the chit out of this QB. My 1 tech caught him on a QB draw, his head whipped fast enough there was that little white blurr on the film. Kid gets up, plays the next play. Jesus we hit that kid and hit that kid and he just kept coming and coming. After the game I shook his hand and told him "son you did a hell of a job tonight, I've only said this to one other QB but - YOU are a football player." They lost and he had thrown 3 INTs that really hurt them, but I respect the heck out of that kid he can play for me anyday.

Our #1 goal each week is to be the more physical team.
Written right across the top of the game plan in the scouting report:
"GAME PLAN - PHYSICAL PHYSICAL PHYSICAL"
We want you to know when you see our name on your schedule that it's going to be a physical game, we want physical defense to be our "calling card", what we're known for, just how we play the game. We did a good job of that this year, but one year wonders are far from an identity, which is what we are after.

Hey man, it's football, I don't remember who said it but "it's a violent sport played by violent men"

We aren't trying to injure anyone, but we are out to hurt everyone.

Christ, I'm getting fired up, I should not be this fired up at 5:12 am...dammit when the phuk does the season start??