I was listening to an interview with Takeo Spikes this morning on 1600 and he talked about his time in Buffalo when they had the #2 defense in the league.
They had nearly no padded practices all of camp (and the season) and had no significant injuries that year.
Bill Walsh and a lot of his knockoffs almost never run padded practices and didnt have injury problems.
This rule of missing contact and padded practices will hurt the teams that run physical styles. Teams that focus on finesse and timing probably won't see a dropoff.
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