re: The SOB That Horse Collared Joe To Start The Game

There seems to be 2 flavors of horse collar tackles, the more benign version wherein the tackler simply pulls down the ball carrier by the back of the shoulder pads, and the far more egregious version wherein the pursuing tackler grabs the back of the shoulder pads and leaves his feet, leveraging himself around in the air, swinging his body and legs up underneath the now trapped legs of the ball carrier while continuing to pull on the shoulder pads and arching the back.

Torn ankles, knees, hips, and back are possible. And that worst version, especially when done to a ball carrier one step from being out of bounds, cannot be explained away by the speed of the game or the urgency of the moment