Take on Horse collar

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by ajmc

Can you just imagine the variables, confusion and arguments about the "meaning of" either, "jerked down backwards" or "backwards jerk of the body"

I don't imagine there'd be much of that uncertainty, because it's a rare event. It's really hard to pull someone down backwards from behind unless you have a really great grip & are dug in pretty well yourself. If you have such a great grip, who cares how you got it?

Seems like the same way they extended grabbing the face mask to grabbing any helmet opening, horse collar should go similarly. If the object is to protect the neck, what difference does it make what part of the helmet was grabbed? If the object is to protect the knees, what difference does it make how the player was collared?