re: Brian Kelly Goes Off On Targeting and Dallas Turner

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So are they just supposed to give up when the ball carrier goes low?

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Form tackling involves keeping your eyes on whatever you're tackling. Contact begins with the facemask, not the crown. Tilt your head back an inch and you remove the risk of a compression spinal injury and don't get penalized.

Lower your head and you risk paralysis and get a penalty to try to teach you to tackle safely.

If that means the runner gains another yard or two... that's the game now.