The Allure of Joint Practices - Bucky Brooks @ nfl.com

[sb41champs]

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Camp trend: The allure of joint practices

 

 More teams are treating the sessions (when one team travels to another's location to practice together) like exhibition games to help their players prepare for the regular season.

 

 

The benefits of joint practices extend far beyond the quarterback position. The trench warriors (offensive and defensive linemen) get a chance to test their skills in energized 9-on-7 periods. In addition, defensive backs have an opportunity to face receivers who aren't their teammates in one-on-one drills and seven-on-seven periods.

 

Given each team's obvious goal of reaching the regular season with every blue-chip player available for action, the opportunity to get quality work done in a controlled, highly competitive setting is a win-win scenario for coaches across the league."

 

 

 

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[Smonroe]

A lot of coaches would love to have fewer preseason games and more joint practices.  But the networks wouldn’t like that.  

[Moosejawcolt]

1 hour ago, sb41champs said:

 

Camp trend: The allure of joint practices

 

"If you are wondering why some of your favorite players are not playing in preseason games, it might be because they participated in a joint-practice session earlier in the week. More teams are treating the sessions (when one team travels to another's location to practice together) like exhibition games to help their players prepare for the regular season. Although speed and intensity are greater in a game than they are in a competitive practice, it seems coaches prefer the controlled environment of a joint practice when it is time to get the No. 1 unit a little work. In fact, next week alone, 16 teams -- half of the league's squads -- are scheduled to participate in joint practices.

With referees instructed to utilize a quick whistle on joint-practice plays in which the quarterback is in harm's way, coaches can reduce the risk of injury to the most important person on most rosters. The passer still gets to throw from a muddy pocket, but doesn't have to worry as much about taking a big hit when the protection falters. Thus, the coach can see him maneuver around the fallen trees while also testing his instincts, anticipation and accuracy against defenders with the speed, quickness and athleticism to shrink the passing windows down the field.

 

 

The benefits of joint practices extend far beyond the quarterback position. The trench warriors (offensive and defensive linemen) get a chance to test their skills in energized 9-on-7 periods. In addition, defensive backs have an opportunity to face receivers who aren't their teammates in one-on-one drills and seven-on-seven periods.

 

In competitive team drills, coaches have an opportunity to pit their No. 1s against the opponent's starters while operating under a "thud" tempo (tacklers can hit ball-carriers, but they are not supposed to take them to the ground). The intensity is ratcheted up when NFL players line up across from true opponents, even in a practice setting. These sessions give coaches a chance to conduct extensive evaluations in an environment that should reduce the injury risk compared to that of a preseason game.

 

"I've always felt like you get more out of those joint practices than you do the actual preseason game," Jets coach Robert Saleh said around this time a year ago. "It's just different because it's a more controlled environment. You're not exposing yourself to being tackled or having to tackle, and you can get a lot of work in with it, where it's a little bit more structured in terms of situations. A lot more things can happen.

 

"And you're getting a really good view of the players."

 

Given each team's obvious goal of reaching the regular season with every blue-chip player available for action, the opportunity to get quality work done in a controlled, highly competitive setting is a win-win scenario for coaches across the league."

 

 

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Bellichek values ooint practices more than pre season for the exact reasons stated above.

[Nickster]

1 hour ago, sb41champs said:

 

Camp trend: The allure of joint practices

 

"If you are wondering why some of your favorite players are not playing in preseason games, it might be because they participated in a joint-practice session earlier in the week. More teams are treating the sessions (when one team travels to another's location to practice together) like exhibition games to help their players prepare for the regular season. Although speed and intensity are greater in a game than they are in a competitive practice, it seems coaches prefer the controlled environment of a joint practice when it is time to get the No. 1 unit a little work. In fact, next week alone, 16 teams -- half of the league's squads -- are scheduled to participate in joint practices.

With referees instructed to utilize a quick whistle on joint-practice plays in which the quarterback is in harm's way, coaches can reduce the risk of injury to the most important person on most rosters. The passer still gets to throw from a muddy pocket, but doesn't have to worry as much about taking a big hit when the protection falters. Thus, the coach can see him maneuver around the fallen trees while also testing his instincts, anticipation and accuracy against defenders with the speed, quickness and athleticism to shrink the passing windows down the field.

 

 

The benefits of joint practices extend far beyond the quarterback position. The trench warriors (offensive and defensive linemen) get a chance to test their skills in energized 9-on-7 periods. In addition, defensive backs have an opportunity to face receivers who aren't their teammates in one-on-one drills and seven-on-seven periods.

 

In competitive team drills, coaches have an opportunity to pit their No. 1s against the opponent's starters while operating under a "thud" tempo (tacklers can hit ball-carriers, but they are not supposed to take them to the ground). The intensity is ratcheted up when NFL players line up across from true opponents, even in a practice setting. These sessions give coaches a chance to conduct extensive evaluations in an environment that should reduce the injury risk compared to that of a preseason game.

 

"I've always felt like you get more out of those joint practices than you do the actual preseason game," Jets coach Robert Saleh said around this time a year ago. "It's just different because it's a more controlled environment. You're not exposing yourself to being tackled or having to tackle, and you can get a lot of work in with it, where it's a little bit more structured in terms of situations. A lot more things can happen.

 

"And you're getting a really good view of the players."

 

Given each team's obvious goal of reaching the regular season with every blue-chip player available for action, the opportunity to get quality work done in a controlled, highly competitive setting is a win-win scenario for coaches across the league."

 

 

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Well it looks like the Colts are playing a lot more in the preseason than usual.

 

im wondering if other teams are doing this.

 

id say there are positives and negatives to it.  Of courses no one wants abs injury.  And limiting those are paramount.

[NewColtsFan]

7 minutes ago, Nickster said:

Well it looks like the Colts are playing a lot more in the preseason than usual.

 

im wondering if other teams are doing this.

 

id say there are positives and negatives to it.  Of courses no one wants abs injury.  And limiting those are paramount.

Next week, 16 teams — half of the NFL — will be playing in joint practices.   This is not just a Colts thing.   With the pre-season trimmed to 3 games, teams are trying to figure out how much to play starters and how much to rest them.   

[EastStreet]

I like watching the PS and all, but wouldn't be mad it they cut it further.

 

Should have gone 18 regular season games, and just 2 PS games, with 2 or 3 byes. 

[Hoose]

9 minutes ago, EastStreet said:

I like watching the PS and all, but wouldn't be mad it they cut it further.

 

Should have gone 18 regular season games, and just 2 PS games, with 2 or 3 byes. 

I suspect they’ll head that way in the not too distant future. And hopefully they expand the rosters. 53 man squads just leave the teams too thin, even with the larger PSs. Make it 56. 

[EastStreet]

10 minutes ago, Hoose said:

I suspect they’ll head that way in the not too distant future. And hopefully they expand the rosters. 53 man squads just leave the teams too thin, even with the larger PSs. Make it 56. 

 

I'm not really supportive of expanding rosters. The new PS rules make it super easy to move guys up and down now. Maybe relax the rules even more like increasing the cap on moves up/down per player. And they allow teams to keep like 4sih guys now on the PS that have 4 or more years of NFL experience, which helps stashing vets if need be. 

 

So with 53+16+1 (European freebie), that's 70 total guys. That's 3 deep + at every position. And there's just so many good players available. Teams can always fish in FA pond during the season, or places like the CFL, etc.. But overall, there's already a bunch of guys on every team that rarely or ever see the light of day.