I bet I made close to 20 tackles because nobody on either side knew what they were doing.
Meaning of the quote
This quote is saying that Merlin Olsen, an American athlete, was able to make a lot of tackles in a game because the players on both teams were not playing very well or did not know how to play the game properly. He was able to get close to 20 tackles, which is a very high number, because the other players were not doing their jobs correctly.
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