Stupid colleges and NFL teams that do 7on7 drills!!!!! If they only knew how useless and damaging they are!
I think running drills in practice vs doing a 7-on-7 tournament and thinking winning that tournament holds some level of significance is where the debate is.
7 on 7 drills in camp with pads and light to medium contact is far different than running around in shorts and t shirts. Like I mentioned earlier, what do we learn (couldn’t help myself) by watching a QB under no pressure throwing to receivers who can run freely with no fear of getting lit up? Timing? That will clearly change when in pads.
Route trees? Yah I guess there is something there?
I’ve seen enough QB’s who have been lauded for their 7-on-7 play that didn’t have it translate to the HS field. Guess we could say that happens to lots of positions.
I think too much gets made of the 7-on-7 tournaments.