When the Arizona Cardinals finished 7-8-1 a year ago, coaches knew one of the reasons why: missed tackles. So the team is returning to the fundamentals, using remote controlled tackling dummies in offseason workouts and later in the fall to help players refine what head coach Bruce Arians calls “a lost art.” The dummies, named […]
HOUSTON — The New England Patriots-Atlanta Falcons game wasn’t the only competition Houston hosted during Super Bowl weekend. Nine different startup companies went head to head in a contest called “1st and Future,” pitching what they say are game-changing technology products that were evaluated on commercial viability, innovation, and how they would improve the game of […]
If you’ve watched an NFL game recently, you may have seen this NFL Network promo, which opens with a shot of a tackling dummy zipping across a practice field. It’s an odd sight at first, but player safety advocates are hailing it as the next big thing. The Mobile Virtual Player (MVP), which was first […]
Mobile Virtual Player (MVP) is a motorized and self-righting mobile tackling dummy, which was developed at Dartmouth College. Now it is making its NFL debut with the Pittsburgh Steelers. We covered the MVP last October, during Dartmouth’s eventual run towards a share of the 2015 Ivy League Title. Dartmouth and their head coach, Buddy Teevens, were ahead of the curve in […]
