Update: How to tackle

This just in from the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Terry Pluto on former Browns players weighing in—mostly with defenders on the side of the defender, offensive players on the side of the offensive player—on the Harrison–Massaquoi collision.

Pluto caught up with former Browns linebacker Jim Houston, who had this to say about tackling technique:

"I played for Paul Brown and Blanton Collier, and they preached that you tackle with your shoulders, arms and hands -- not the head," said Houston, who played for the Browns from 1960 to 1972. "I tend to side with the players who say most hits can't be avoided. The game is so fast. Most just happen, I don't think it's premeditated."

So please, before you defend the defenders, listen to what a defender who was taught by one of the most influential coaches in NFL history has to say about "how he was taught". That means you, Mr. Harrison, and you Coach Tomlin.

Not that I don't think Mike Tomlin is a genius of a coach.