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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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Dan (1) | | DAN (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew |
| Topias | | TO-pee-ahs | Finnish |
| Friso | | - | Frisian |
| Dmitrii | | DMEE-tree | Russian |
| Moe (2) | | mo-e | Japanese |
| Yevgeni | | yev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-nee | Russian |