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Coach Sparano said this today in his briefing:


"I think we have to do a very good job in our individual periods of coaching the fundamentals of tackling and then, when we’re out here, it does have to be ‘thud.’ Early on in this training camp, I’ve seen a lot of one-hitters. Our guys flying up, they take the swipe, boom, they give them one hit and then they’re off of it, that’s not what we want. We want arms around the ball carrier, ‘thud’ them up, getting into a good football position that way. The one-hitters, I’ve seen those things end up in big plays on the other side.”

I remember last year it seemed like opposition players seemed to run through our defenders. Alot of 'hits' and arm tackles. It's nice to see that the coahing staff recognized a wekaness and addressed it. I look forward to seeing how this team adapts to the principles the coaching staff is instilling.
 
By the time you get to the NFL, you should not have to be taught to wrap up.
 
If you get an ice cream cone one day..It's a treat. If you get it every day, it's an entitlement.

Everyone can lapse on skills.
 
The tackling effort last year was at times, apathetic, and the technique pop warner. Worst I'd seen from the Fins since the late '80's. You shouldn't have to teach pros how to wrap up, but if the technique is sloppy is has to be corrected. I'll take a 4-12 season this year if we display better fundamentals and lay a strong foundation for the future. Sissy tackling is a good way to pick at the top of the draft again next year.
 
For me, I may have to go with last years poor tackling as the most disappointing performance I witnessed.

As far as pros should not need to be taught how to tackle. Personally I feel what wins games is not being the master of the x's and o's on the chaulk board but the execution of the fundamentals better then your opponet on the field. The worst play in the world can suceed if it is executed correctly.
 
canesandbulls said:
By the time you get to the NFL, you should not have to be taught to wrap up.
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Has anyone watched an NFL practice? Players are not wrapping up and finishing tackles by taking players to the ground. It is the norm that teams will run a "thud" session such that a light hit will be made and a wrap up, but never the finish and take to the ground.

Looking at today's NFL, the tacking is rampantly bad across the league. It is no coincidence that missed tackles in the NFL have gone up at the same ratio as player salaries. Teams fear that players will be hurt in practice, and thereby not be able to contribute in games and that it was all for naught.

Meanwhile, colleges and high schools are battering the hell out of each other across the country and learning the fundamentals of proper tackling. By the NFL level, the select few who have made it there do not get the required drilling to maintain solid tackling skills. Some players still naturally have it, but across the board the NFL has poor tackling and I've been saying it for years. I agree an NFL player should not have to be "taught" to wrap up, but he needs to be drilled constantly in it. It is muscle memory and repetition. Like anything else, use it or lose it. Coaches just dont simulate real tackling enough and it is becoming a lost art.
 
For guys like Bell and Crowder- they should really take this basic fundamental to heart because both of them need to step up if they want new contracts with this team next year. Not to say Bell is an ineffective tackler but he could use some work but Crowder got mowed over more than my lawn did last season.
 
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