OTA's

I'm sorry to create a new thread about this; but I have a question.

Can someone please explain to me the difference between a OTA and a minicamp?

i know ta means team activity, but i don't know what the o is for. i think they are required by all players with contracts. maybe they are like team practices, oh that's right. i think now they are allowed to practice the offense vs. the defense now. you can't do that in minicamp.

OTA - Organized Team Activities, the differenc is like mooby said teams are now allowed to implement offense and deffense now, but no pads or hitting. Basicly, there walk throughs but with much more intensity. Positional compitions will pretty much start today.

I was reading on skins.com where Gibbs is excited to get a look at offense actually going against a deffense. The way he put it now you get to have your good WR go aganist a good DB.

i hope they show a vid of it on redskins.com. i haven't seen any updates or anything around there recently.

OTAs-- or "Organized Team Activities"-- are essentially voluntary offseason practices, and their format is very similar to the minicamp practice format, with the only real difference being that minicamp practices are mandatory. Teams are allowed 14 days of 'OTAs'. Hitting or "full-contact" of any kind is prohibited during all offseason practices, including minicamps. That includes live blocking, tackling, bump-and-run and rushing the passer.

Basically, there is contact, as blockers and defenders engage each other, but there's no real 'hitting' per se. It's essentially flag football, without the flags. It gives the offense and defense an opportunity to run plays at something near full-speed without as much threat of injury to the players.

But they are allowed to fight, right?

As long as it's in the octagon.

Only sucker punches are allowed in OTAs, it's the Westbrook rule