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The offensive tackle (OT, T), sometimes specified as left tackle (LT) or right tackle (RT), is a position on the offensive line that flanks the two guards. Like other offensive linemen , their objective is to block during each offensive play: physically preventing defenders from tackling or disrupting the offensive ball carrier with the ...
NOTE: This category is intended for those who played at the "tackle" position before football was separated into offensive and defensive units circa the late 1940s and early 1950s. Modern players who played only on the offensive or defensive side should be listed as "Offensive tackles" or "Defensive tackles", but should not be included in this ...
In this formation, the single tackle usually lines up directly over the "nose" of the ball, and is often called the "nose guard" or "nose tackle". The "Nose Tackle" is still a DT (Defensive Tackle) with a different name. In this formation, the linemen often line up directly in front of the offensive line, while the linebackers "shoot the gaps".
A tackle in association football. Unlike other codes, tackles in association football have to be predominantly directed against the ball rather than the player in possession of it. This is achieved by using either leg to wrest possession from the opponent, or sliding in on the grass to knock the ball away.
ORLANDO, Fla. — The writing was on the wall when the NFL began publicizing its data. The hip-drop tackle, league executives began saying last year, inflicted injury at 25 times the rate of the ...
Pages in category "American football offensive tackles" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,885 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The hip-drop tackle rule refers to plays where the ball carrier is tackled from behind with a swivel and a drop of the hips as he's taken to the ground. The league conducted a study and found that ...
The players to their sides are the guards, and the players to the outside of the guards are the tackles. The players on the end of the line are the ends. This may be varied in an unbalanced line. On defense, the outside linemen are ends and those inside are tackles. If there are five or six linemen, the innermost linemen are known as guards ...