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Do NFL teams run specific drills on resisting having the football stripped from the carrier?

April 26, 2017Drills football NFL resisting run stripped teams

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Do NFL teams run specific drills on resisting having the football stripped from the carrier?

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— Kirk, Las Vegas A: Yes, NFL teams run specific fumble drills. Especially if a player is showing a tendency to fumble. With the Steelers, the drill even carried over into the locker room and meeting room earlier this year, as players tried to strip rookie Rashard Mendenhall of a ball he was forced to carry wherever he went. If a player got the ball out, Mendenhall had to pay him $100.