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01-24-2023 12:42 AM |
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Originally Posted by -King-
(Post 16759699)
Look at his feet. Landed on Orlando Browns feet. Athletes have a lot of coordination but to think he landed on another players feet and still had the wherewithal to injure Mahomes as he fell is crazy talk. His body just gave away when his feet didn't hit the ground the way he expected.
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Wrestlers and jujitsu fighters have techniques that are so practiced that they come from muscle memory. In several plays of this nature in football, it’s clear that after grasping the torso the defender purposefully deploys a technique in which the lower body is swung into and dropped across the legs of the ball carrier. It is an effective leverage technique that quickly brings a player to the ground, by trapping the ball carriers lower leg between the tacklers body weight and the ground.
Three facts:
1) the technique is intentional in most cases
2) the technique is effective in bringing the ball carrier down
3) the technique has a higher potential for injury than a normal tackle in which the lower body is not dropped across the lower legs.
Just because 1) and 3) are true does not mean that there was intent to injure, because 2) is also true. 2) could be the motivation. |
