red dog



red dog

In American football, a defensive tactic in which the offensive player who receives the ball from the snap (usually the quarterback) is charged at by multiple defensive players; a blitz. The quarterback has been sacked again after another suffocating red dog by the defense.
See also: dog, red

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sapir-Hebrew
Trystan-Welsh
Efimia-Greek
KlavdiyaKLAHV-dee-yah (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Dzhamal-Chechen
Dzvezdan-Macedonian