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MNF, Game 2: Titans @ Broncos


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1. Who takes home the W?  

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  1. 1. Who takes home the W?

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Just now, TheKillerNacho said:

How does this prevent kickers from practicing kicks from various points of the field into the uprights?

Live game speed under pressure>>>>practicing kicks. 

We've seen alot of Kickers in practice before games hit 60 yarders but then miss chip shots during the game. 

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4 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

i actually thought i was going to feel like an idiot at first when you revealed you were being sarcastic.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nfl/no-preseason-games-could-mean-sloppy-start-for-special-teams/2020/09/07/5d153a24-f124-11ea-8025-5d3489768ac8_story.html

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Coaches around the NFL aren’t quite sure what they’ll get starting Thursday night when the 2020 season kicks off. The pandemic led to the league and players agreeing to limit potential exposure by wiping out all four preseason games, and that took away the ability to hone timing for special teams.

That could lead to lots of sloppiness until special teams players get live work blocking and tackling for punts, field goals and kickoffs.

“That’s the biggest thing the preseason games’ losses mean is you don’t ever get a chance to get that true game speed,” Dallas special teams coordinator John Fassel. “You also don’t get a chance to tackle and block at those high speed collisions.”

 

 

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Mike Westhoff, the special teams pioneer who coached in the NFL for 32 years, said he had several current coaches call him for tips on how to best replicate the speed of preseason games during training camp. The man who tied a tether ball to a crossbar to practice punt blocks said the key is thinking outside the box.

“You have to be creative with these things to still get what you’re trying to get because you’re not having the X number of times in the preseason games to get these guys to cover a kickoff, cover a punt, defend a punt, all the things that take place,” Westhoff said.

 

 

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