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Look, the 2012 Summer Olympics are during the offseason, and if there were ever an NFL player that should try his hand at one of the jumping or hurdling events, it's Jerome Simpson. We've already seen him do something ridiculous on the football field this season -- seriously, he did a full flip into the end zone, landing his feet -- and he's shown a tendency for leaping. The man can jump.
On Saturday, Simpson did it again. There's hurdling a man going low, then there's what Simpson did to a poor Houston Texans defender. The defensive back put his head down -- let's learn from this, y'all; stop looking down when tackling him -- and Simpson made the man look foolish.
After the jump, the latest entry in Simpson's jaw-dropping feats of athleticism collection.
High jump, long jump or hurdles: let's go ahead and start a Jerome Simpson for USA Track and Field campaign now.
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Looking down when making a tackle
is also a GREAT way to end up with a neck injury. Take the helmets away, and I can bet you the amount of head/neck trauma in football drops dramatically. Football players too often have the mindset of the helmets being there to enable the use of your head to make hits; rather, they should be thought of as protection IN CASE your head gets hit.
by psuwxman on Jan 7, 2012 7:09 PM EST reply actions
Agree
My father, who is English and a rugby fan, says this exact thing whenever he hears people talking about all of the head and neck injuries. Remove the helmets, and everyone will start playing like their heads are at risk. As it is now, their heads are at risk but they play as if they aren’t.
by ahhall on Jan 7, 2012 8:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I disagree
The days of leather helmet football takes us all the way back to the game that resembled rugby. It should also be noted that fatalities were exponentially higher back then. Teddy Roosevelt almost tried to ban it. The freaking rough rider. I’m not one of those guys that says “blahblahblwh game for sissies blabblahblah” but I was taught not to lower my head in 6th grade. Chances are if he lowers his head now, nothing will change his style except an injury.
by Mark Mandingo on Jan 7, 2012 10:44 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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