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Originally Posted by Mr. Laz
Isn't Cunningham a bit of an arm tackler?
Admittedly I've only seen 2 of his games.
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Yeah, we discussed that in another thread. He's an arm tackler but it's a technique rather than a crutch. I guess it's called "hawk-tackling" or something to that effect because Seattle is now teaching it a lot.
He has freakishly long arms so he isn't a guy that drag tackles, he wraps and rolls; in so doing he takes the guys legs out with his bottom half. It's a really unique style that's evidently becoming more and more common. It's very effective but if you don't realize that he's doing it on purpose, it looks weird so he does get labeled as an arm tackler.
I don't think it's a fair label. He's an excellent tackler, if perhaps not the physical thumper that someone like Foster would be. But it's not terribly common that DJ lays the wood to people either.