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Out of all my years watching the game i have never seen a defense like this in my life.
Have you ever seen a team that sprints off its line for 80 minutes and not only that, physically man handle the ball carrier and drive them backwards and side ways for 80 minutes?
Souths last night did not get a full set of 6 in the Panthers 20 until the 70th minute mark.
In fact, they barely got a tackle in the Panthers 20 all game.
The thing is, they have pretty much been doing this for the last 2 years.
I am sure every coach would love to see there team do this, but the team would be absolutely exhausted after 25 minutes yet the Panthers can do this for 80 minutes????
Panthers came into this game after 3 weeks of tough grinding games and a few players busted yet it did not matter.
The question is, are they that much fitter and physically more dominant than every other team?
Generally there is an inverse relationship between fitness and strength, yet they have both far far superior than anyone else.
Even Phil Gould said 2 weeks ago in the commentary, he has never seen anything like it when talking about the Panthers line speed and physical dominance.
Not even the storm are like this.
Is there strength and conditioning coach and sports science programmes that much better than everyone elses?
What is going on?
Have you ever seen a team that sprints off its line for 80 minutes and not only that, physically man handle the ball carrier and drive them backwards and side ways for 80 minutes?
Souths last night did not get a full set of 6 in the Panthers 20 until the 70th minute mark.
In fact, they barely got a tackle in the Panthers 20 all game.
The thing is, they have pretty much been doing this for the last 2 years.
I am sure every coach would love to see there team do this, but the team would be absolutely exhausted after 25 minutes yet the Panthers can do this for 80 minutes????
Panthers came into this game after 3 weeks of tough grinding games and a few players busted yet it did not matter.
The question is, are they that much fitter and physically more dominant than every other team?
Generally there is an inverse relationship between fitness and strength, yet they have both far far superior than anyone else.
Even Phil Gould said 2 weeks ago in the commentary, he has never seen anything like it when talking about the Panthers line speed and physical dominance.
Not even the storm are like this.
Is there strength and conditioning coach and sports science programmes that much better than everyone elses?
What is going on?