The Broncos are now practicing in pads and hitting 3 days a week….

I think Mike has hit on something; we’ve hardly been avoiding injuries and a good defense needs to be toughened with a little hitting. I always had my doubts about the no hitting idea, we’ve got to re-establish a physical defense and how you practice is often how you play. Excessive hitting should still be avoided but the wisdom of no hitting had become a dogma.

Can’t afford an injury. You can always ramp up the contact if need be.

it seems like the players aren’t the only ones coming around at this stage of the season. i see good moves by the coaching staff, also. a team coming together?

shan does deserve credit for making the adjustment. once our vet’s started going down and the team started dropping the rock shanny made a significant change in a fundamental practice strategy. that is the kind of coaching i want for this team.

it is possible that with a group of veteran guys with great attitudes would really benefit from no hitting practice. as we have heard from various members of the team for the past few seasons though, the attitude at practices has at times sucked. i think the worst thing a coach can do is change fundamental strategies due to crappy attitudes. its like a parent giving into whining- it sends the wrong message in the long term in order to appease in the short term.
good post, i like the hitting.