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n. - A football player who seizes and throws down or stops the ball carrier.

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  • CB: Antoine Winfield, Minnesota — What does it say when team's leading tackler is tough little corner?
  • (BB: Amazing to watch, the double highest tackler from a forward, great to see after some quite 2 weeks.
  • Chris Clemons gives the Dolphins the kind of tackler they need at free safety.
  • Derek Fisher, the "tackler", was ejected from the game, and suspended from playing in Game 3 in Houston.
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