stopper

“But if that player isn’t as good as the younger player, they’re a progress stopper for your team.”

Rappelling off the end of a rope is a distressingly common and often deadly mistake — one that can be prevented by tying a stopper knot at the end of the rope.

Rams players on defense and offense noted that Ford is more than a run stopper — he has 11 ½ sacks — and that he can make plays across the field.

As he has done repeatedly this year, Kershaw served as a stopper to another Dodgers slide, setting a new season high with eight strikeouts while giving up just two hits through his first five innings.

The 6ft 4in stopper has 93 appearances to his name, only 52 of which have come in the Belgian Pro League.