Luckily, I have with me the Merriam-Webster English Dictionary. Under “tackle”, they mention football, but they also define it as “to attach or secure with” and as “to seize, take hold of or grapple, especially with the intention of stopping or subduing, (b) to seize and throw down or stop”. That is for football. It seems to me that that is what we want to do.
On October 26th, 2010. See this statement in context.