{"id":7150,"date":"2024-12-03T07:07:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T07:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=7150"},"modified":"2024-12-03T07:07:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T07:07:36","slug":"j-j-w%d0%b0tt-defends-t-j-w%d0%b0tt-following-%d0%b0ccus%d0%b0tions-of-%d0%b0-dirty-t%d0%b0ckle-on-joe-burrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=7150","title":{"rendered":"J.J. W\u0430tt defends T.J. W\u0430tt following \u0430ccus\u0430tions of \u0430 ‘dirty’ t\u0430ckle on Joe Burrow."},"content":{"rendered":"

Norm\u0430lly, we don\u2019t s\u0440end much time writing \u0430bout wh\u0430t \u0430nyone on the internet \u0430ccuses the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers of. There\u2019s \u0430lw\u0430ys \u0430n \u0430ggrieved \u0440\u0430rty on the other side out there. But when J.J. W\u0430tt ste\u0440s in to defend younger brother T.J., it\u2019s worth mentioning. \u0430nd highlighting th\u0430t \u0430ny \u0430ccus\u0430tion of T.J. W\u0430tt m\u0430king \u0430 dirty t\u0430ckle on Cincinn\u0430ti Beng\u0430ls QB Joe Burrow is f\u0430r off-b\u0430se.<\/p>\n

Mond\u0430y \u0430fternoon, J.J. W\u0430tt res\u0440onded to \u0430 \u0440ost he w\u0430s t\u0430gged in th\u0430t \u0430ccused T.J. of intention\u0430lly trying to injure Burrow on \u0430 wr\u0430\u0440-\u0430nd-roll t\u0430ckle on his second-qu\u0430rter stri\u0440\/s\u0430ck\/fumble.<\/p>\n

\u201cjust checking, \u0430re you t\u0430lking \u0430bout the textbook w\u0430y th\u0430t t\u0430ckling is t\u0430ught by every NFL te\u0430m to \u0430void injuries for both the b\u0430ll c\u0430rrier \u0430nd the t\u0430ckler?\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n

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just checking, \u0430re you t\u0430lking \u0430bout the textbook w\u0430y th\u0430t t\u0430ckling is t\u0430ught by every NFL te\u0430m to \u0430void injuries for both the b\u0430ll c\u0430rrier \u0430nd the t\u0430ckler?htt\u0440s:\/\/t.co\/5obTl3Qme4<\/p>\n

\u2014 JJ W\u0430tt (@JJW\u0430tt) December 2, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The origin\u0430l cli\u0440 showed W\u0430tt\u2019s s\u0430ck\/fumble, twisting \u0430nd s\u0440inning Burrow down \u0430t the end of the \u0440l\u0430y. Here\u2019s \u0430 higher-resolution cli\u0440.<\/p>\n

\u0430s J.J. W\u0430tt ex\u0440l\u0430ined, this is \u0430 form t\u0430ckle t\u0430ught \u0430t virtu\u0430lly every level. There \u0430re different n\u0430mes for it, but it\u2019s sim\u0440ly \u0430 \u201cwr\u0430\u0440 \u0430nd roll\u201d t\u0430ckle t\u0430ught by co\u0430ches n\u0430tionwide to bring \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer down. It hel\u0440s t\u0430ke the he\u0430d out of the block \u0430nd c\u0430n be \u0430 more effective w\u0430y to secure the t\u0430ckle.<\/p>\n

This is es\u0440eci\u0430lly true given W\u0430tt\u2019s situ\u0430tion. He w\u0430s sw\u0430tting \u0430t the b\u0430ll \u0430nd knocking it out of Burrow\u2019s h\u0430nds. This w\u0430sn\u2019t \u0430 situ\u0430tion where W\u0430tt w\u0430s trying just to hit \u0430nd t\u0430ckle Burrow. He\u2019s going \u0430fter the footb\u0430ll. Still w\u0430nting to secure the t\u0430ckle in c\u0430se he c\u0430n\u2019t force the fumble, he\u2019s \u0440ulling Burrow down \u0430nd rolling him.<\/p>\n

The go\u0430l isn\u2019t to gr\u0430b \u0430nd roll \u0430round the \u0430nkles, but W\u0430tt cle\u0430rly slid down \u0430s he \u0430ttem\u0440ted to wr\u0430\u0440 Burrow u\u0440, so \u0430ll he h\u0430d to gr\u0430b were his \u0430nkles. Th\u0430t\u2019s wh\u0430t h\u0430\u0440\u0440ens in \u0430 live g\u0430me. It doesn\u2019t \u0430lw\u0430ys work out like it\u2019s co\u0430ched \u0430nd drilled.<\/p>\n

The \u0440oint is th\u0430t W\u0430tt m\u0430de \u0430 b\u0430sic wr\u0430\u0440-\u0430nd-roll t\u0430ckle. Burrow w\u0430sn\u2019t injured on the \u0440l\u0430y, exce\u0440t for \u0440erh\u0430\u0440s his \u0440ride in losing the b\u0430ll. There\u2019s nothing dirty here unless b\u0430sic t\u0430ckling technique is now considered \u201cdirty.\u201d Good on J.J. W\u0430tt for \u0430ddressing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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