A Preseason’s Worth Of Kickoff Violence

[Oof.]

Yesterday NFL vet Nate Jackson described the desperation of the player on preseason kickoff duty who believes he’ll be cut if he doesn’t do something spectactular. Here, some of the biggest hits of this year’s exhibition schedule. (Note the returners bringing balls out of the back of the endzone which they’d probably kneel on in a real game — which gives everyone more ground over which to build up speed before the collisions start.)

Video available at: http://buzzfeed-video1.s3.amazonaws.com/video/2012/08/31/kickoff2-624x350.mp4.

Video by Michael Schmidt of BuzzFeed.