Horse-Collar Tackle; Can't cover a baby with a blanket

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HORSE COLLAR TACKLE
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The "horse collar tackle" was recently banned by the NFL. The Budweiser  
horses can now breathe easier.
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_http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=2067
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(http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=2067728) 
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The so-called "horse-collar" tackle, which came under  
heavy scrutiny from the NFL's powerful competition committee after _Dallas 
Cowboys_ (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=dal)  safety _Roy Williams_ 
(http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=5894)  injured four 
players with the maneuver in  2004, was banned by the league on Tuesday. 
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_Horse-collar tackling ban_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.pitt-steelers/browse_thread/thread/c3587be9eab0987/96f2814d22a533c2
?q="horse+collar+tackle"&rnum=1&hl=en#96f2814d22a533c2)   
news:d7napv0vqr at drn.newsguy.com... Unlike the face mask, I can't recall
a  serious injury directly related to a horse-collar tackle?  ...   
_alt.sports.football.pro.pitt-steelers_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.pitt-steelers?hl=en)  - Jun 2,  9:47 pm by Dan Cosley 
- 5 messages - 5 authors
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    _horse-collar tackle banned next  week_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.sd-chargers/browse_thread/thread/fd182801b70957df/0
e07b3bb24221460?q="horse+collar+tackle"&rnum=1&hl=en#0e07b3bb24221460)  
... But then I read " To distinguish  between a horse-collar tackle and a 
tackle  that
occurs during close, in-line play, the foul must occur at least 3  yards ...  
 
_alt.sports.football.pro.sd-chargers_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.sd-chargers?hl=en)  - May 21, 2:18 am by  Raymond Feist 
- 5 messages - 3 authors 
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_Cowboys  Roy Williams Is Outlawed_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.phila-eagles/browse_thread/thread/13e76bacb18963ee/a85de625
be1a0502?q="horse+collar+tackle"&rnum=2&hl=en#a85de625be1a0502)  
... No horsing around  Cowboys safety Roy Williams is hardly the lone 
defender in the
league  to employ the so-called "horse-collar" tackle, but  his play in 2004 
was ...   
_alt.sports.football.pro.phila-eagles_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.phila-eagles?hl=en)  - May 20, 11:33 pm by  
JD\(eagles\) - 115 messages - 14 authors 
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_NFL Continues to Explore Its Feminine Side_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.ne-patriots/browse_thread/thread/c015a53f4aab1fa8/
14bff53f5cf96b4a?q="horse+collar+tackle"&rnum=20&hl=en#14bff53f5cf96b4a)   
... Also under discussion this week is the specific  "horse collar" tackle by 
Cowboys
safety Roy  Williams that broke the leg of Eagles receiver Terrell Owens. ... 
 
_alt.sports.football.pro.ne-patriots_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sports.football.pro.ne-patriots?hl=en)  - Mar 16, 1:37 am by  ScottLK - 40 
messages - 8 authors 

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_Question about facemasking._ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.football.fantasy/browse_thread/thread/cb72d1940d41c1cd/5d0fe467a591ff3c?q="hors
e+collar+tackle"&rnum=2&hl=en#5d0fe467a591ff3c)  
... The  rb/wr ducking their helmet is a self defense move. If they don't it
gets  knocked off or it's to avoid a "horse collar" tackle.  
_rec.sport.football.fantasy_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.football.fantasy?hl=en)  - Jan 25 2000,  5:41 pm by James Wentworth - 6 
messages - 5 authors 
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CAN'T COVER A BABY WITH A BLANKET
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"Cover" in football means to prevent passes in your area of the field.  Thus, 
we have "cover corners" (cornerbacks).
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"Can't cover a baby with a blanket" is a new insult.
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_http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFL/NFC/NFC+East/Dallas/Features/2005/ed
holm042805.htm_ 
(http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFL/NFC/NFC+East/Dallas/Features/2005/edholm042805.htm) 
There’s no free safety right now, and it scares me a little that the  leading 
candidates are a special-teams guy who really never has played in the  base 
defense (Keith Davis), a sixth-round pick who was covering tight ends and  slot 
receivers in the MAC five months ago (Justin Beriault) and a strong safety  
(Roy Williams) who couldn’t cover a baby with a blanket
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