So, we lost another linebacker for tomorrow's game, Austin Smith. Is this just bad luck or something more going on in the program? Why are so many players getting injured under Butch Jones?
Somebody said on the twitter today that DKJr was hurt on a cut block during a drill. Could be old news, but I had not seen that until today.
meniscus is most often non contact. LCL or mcl is often a roll up. They have been practicing defending cut blocks, as they should be.
Seems like something you would want to to do, but limit how much, or full speed. Any coaches here want to weigh in?
If you are gonna see it in the game, you have to show it in practice. With that said, there are ways to do this with dummies and still get a somewhat legit look. Scout team still has to show the cuts, but not with game vigor. It's a tough situation. If you don't show the proper technique to protect your player from a cut block, you're setting him up for catastrophic injury in game situation. If you do show it, you run risk of this happening. A kid lost for the year in practice.
The best way to prepare for a team that almost exclusively uses cut blocks is to not schedule an out of conference opponent who is widely and well known to use cut blocks.