missed tackle
Defender grasps air
A missed tackle occurs in contact sports, especially American football and rugby, when a defender fails to bring down a ball carrier despite attempting to do so.
The tackler may have lunged and whiffed, gotten a hand on the runner but couldn't hold on, or been eluded entirely: The cornerback's missed tackle turned a short gain into a touchdown.
Missed tackles are a key defensive statistic, measuring both individual reliability and overall team tackling discipline.
- fumbleHandle with clumsy fingers
- whiffBrief, faint smell
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- defenseProtection against harm
- runnerOne who sprints
evasion · juke · stiff-arm · slip · open field · blown · gap · pursuit · angle · lunge · grasp · wrap · collision · sideline · breakaway · yards · momentum · desperation
- soccer mistakesown goal, handball, foul, red card, yellow card
- sports mistakesown goal, fumble, bad pass, dropped pass, wild throw
- football officiatingreferee, penalty flag, yellow flag, false start, offside
missed tackletackle
Gear or takedown
textbook tackle · tackle for loss · gang tackle · shoestring tackle · diving tackle
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