Paul Daugherty on roughing the passer: What's a defender to do?

SportsPulse: A tiny change in the enforcement of the NFL rulebook this season has had a dramatic impact on roughing the passer penalties. USA TODAY

(Photo: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports)Preston Brown, the Bengals linebacker who has spent most of his 25 years on earth tackling people, explains what tackling is like in the National Football League in this season of two-thousand and 18:

“Get your head out of it totally. To the side. You can’t be too high, because if you rap (the opposing quarterback’s) head, you’ll get a penalty for that. You gotta be low, but not too low. If you’re too low, you hit his knee and that’s another flag. It’s that little strike range you gotta hit, going as fast as…