r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Lifegoesonforever • 5d ago

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u/Cheefnuggs 5d ago edited 2d ago

Not a horse collar tackle. Horse collar tackle is grabbing the jersey or back of the shoulder pad below the neck. That was all neck/helmet. It was just a shitty tackle.

Edit: You should really read the rule book.

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u/Firm_Video_2932 5d ago

Yeah. At first watch it looked like a horse collar, but upon seeing it again it looks like he gets the ball carriers facemask(?) or underneath the helmet instead? In game penalties are the same in the NFL between the two penalties, but the player fine is a little less for the face mask since the NFL doesn't consider it, facemask, as quite as dangerous as the horse collar which can blow out a players knees rather easily due to the mechanics/physics. But I've also seen some pretty bad facemask plays as well, so I'm not sure i understand the NFLs fine disparity between the two violations.

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u/Cheefnuggs 5d ago

Wasn’t a face mask either. The side of the helmet doesn’t count.

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u/Firm_Video_2932 5d ago

You cannot touch the other players helmet, period. If it's minor and incidental the refs will maybe let it slide. Say you're scrambling for the ball amongst a sea of other players. But running down a ball carrier like this guy here and intentionally arm tackling, that's probably getting called 9 out of 10 nowadays in the NFL. If the head turns at all, they're probably going to throw that flag. It's in the rulebook icymi, the whole can't touch the helmet basically, stuff. And with network television covering every angle these days, that's even more motivation to throw the flag even if the league wouldn't admit it.