The tackle on Pollard was 100% dirty

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Seattle49er said:
Sounds like a bunch of guys that never played football. Its a violent sport, **** happens, which is why these guys are paid millions. Military personnel risk there lives for far less money, like them the players know what ups.
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They actually don't get paid million b/c its a violent sport. They get paid millions b/c they are the most popular sporting entertainment in the country. People pay big bucks for tickets and merchandise. Sponsors pay big bucks for advertising which turns into the multi-Billion dollar TV contracts. The pay has nothing to do with the violence.
 
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doomsday9084 said:
Dirtiest thing I saw was a chop block right at Parsons' knees while he was engaging with someone else. Pretty sure it’s a penalty. Was really obvious on TV but wasn't called.
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Thats a penalty. And it’s what he is talking about in some of his tweets. If he is engaged it’s illegal. But heard if he is not engaged then it’s ok. That’s messed up. Anything directed at the knees or lower should be illegal.
 
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TheFinisher said:
That technique of swinging your body to hip drop on the runner’s legs is 100% a dirty play and intentionally trying to injure an opposing player. I get sick to my stomach every time I see a defender do it. These guys are all professional athletes and know exactly what they’re doing, this is not taught at any level of football. In fact, if you pulled this in practice you’d get immediately removed from the field because everyone knows this is a sure fire way to break someone’s leg.

It’s bush league and the NFL needs to start issuing heavy fines for these plays. They outlawed horse collars for the same reason and this technique in my opinion is even more ill intentioned.
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Lol it’s football lol!
 
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nightrain said:
Numerous players have sustained serious injuries from that style of tackling. It's in the same category as a horse collar.
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That’s what is hilarious about the debate to me.

A SF fan says that if it were a Dallas player it wouldn’t be talked about. Despite there being a literal horse collar rule based off a Dallas player lol
 

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To me it is no different than a horse collar. Was just having this conversation with a co-worker yesterday. Dak, Alan Hurd, Pollard, Mahomes and others. I don't have a solution, and maybe there isn't one, but nobody teaches tackling like this
 
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INCowboysFan said:
To me it is no different than a horse collar. Was just having this conversation with a co-worker yesterday. Dak, Alan Hurd, Pollard, Mahomes and others. I don't have a solution, and maybe there isn't one, but nobody teaches tackling like this
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Lool, okay.
 
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The rules committee needs to change the horse colar rule, grabbing the pads was never the problem leaving your feet into the players legs has always been what causes injury.
 
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This may be dirty but it is Not Illegal so we need dogs on our team that will do the same thing.... Our db could have done this to the Jacksonville WR to prevent the WR from getting out of bounds and stopping the clock which would have given us a better chance of winning that game. We need our defensive players to play aggressively instead of ducking tackles like Diggs did with Kittle... These type of plays can change the momentum and outcome of a game.
 
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The tackle style should be outlawed, I agree. To see inside someone's head to know they intentionally tried to injure him is a stretch unless he stood over him talking smack seeing Pollard was hurt. Dak got his ankle broken the same way. The Giants player who did it felt horrible afterwards from what I remember. Don't think it was intentional by him. Heat of the moment and unfortunate result.
 
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NFCBeasts said:
The everyone is out to cheat us mentality is why we loss

embarrassing thread
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Nobody has mentioned anything about cheating. We're talking about the type of cattle wrangling where the aggressor used his arms to grab the ball carrier from behind and thrust his attackful body into the ball carrier's legs intentionally in order to stop him, even if it breaks his legs in the process. That was an intentional move to immediately stop the ball carrier, regardless of the physical damage done. That's not how football tackling is taught at any level, thus it should be banned and severely punished to fit the injury caused on the ball carrier. Let it get done to you from behind and have your legs broken and see if you won't be crying for a rule change afterwards.
 
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MarcusRock said:
The tackle style should be outlawed, I agree. To see inside someone's head to know they intentionally tried to injure him is a stretch unless he stood over him talking smack seeing Pollard was hurt. Dak got his ankle broken the same way. The Giants player who did it felt horrible afterwards from what I remember. Don't think it was intentional by him. Heat of the moment and unfortunate result.
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Are you suggesting that the NFL rules committee is less than stellar?
 
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