And what if the flag gets torn? Nobody cares about the flags feelings.
If Im trying to tackle someone bigger than me and Ive got them wrapped around the waist from behind....what do you want me to do? I guess get drug into the end zone trying to run with them? Dropping your weight down is how you pull them down. Calf ropers do the same to flip over a heavy calf.
Lol please tell us how players are supposed to tackle a guy from behind now? Especially a player that's bigger than them. They'll end up getting draggedBut, but, but ……… according to some of the geniuses here, it isn’t dirty. I said what I said.
Maybe offensive players need to learn to avoid injuries.NFL could soon ban tackling technique it says creates ‘25 times’ the injury risk
Jori Epstein - Senior NFL reporter
Wed, Oct 18, 2023
NEW YORK — Momentum is building for the NFL’s next on-field rule change.
The league’s competition committee, as well as its health and safety committee, are discussing how to respond to a tackling technique that their data says “results in about a 25 times rate of injury as a typical tackle,” executive vice president Jeff Miller said.
The league calls the tackle in question a “hip-drop tackle.” If that doesn’t clarify the play to you, you’re not alone. The league is trying to better define what does and doesn’t constitute it.
“It is an unforgiving behavior, and one that we need to try to define and get out of the game,” Miller said.
NFL competition committee chair Rich McKay called the tackle a “cousin” to the horse-collar tackle, which consists of grabbing the inside collar of the back or side of an opponent’s shoulder pads or jersey, or the jersey at the name plate or above, to pull a runner toward the ground. A hip-drop tackle similarly involves a tackler grabbing a ball carrier from behind and pulling him down in a manner that prevents self-defense.
Read much more: https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-could-...eates-25-times-the-injury-risk-050441627.html
Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Pollard (20) suffered a fractured leg on this play against the San Francisco 49ers in last season's divisional playoffs. The injury occurred on a so-called "hip-drop" tackle. (Photo by Bob Kupbens/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
IMO any rule change that reduces the chance of serious injuries is a good one.NFL could soon ban tackling technique it says creates ‘25 times’ the injury risk
Jori Epstein - Senior NFL reporter
Wed, Oct 18, 2023
NEW YORK — Momentum is building for the NFL’s next on-field rule change.
The league’s competition committee, as well as its health and safety committee, are discussing how to respond to a tackling technique that their data says “results in about a 25 times rate of injury as a typical tackle,” executive vice president Jeff Miller said.
The league calls the tackle in question a “hip-drop tackle.” If that doesn’t clarify the play to you, you’re not alone. The league is trying to better define what does and doesn’t constitute it.
“It is an unforgiving behavior, and one that we need to try to define and get out of the game,” Miller said.
NFL competition committee chair Rich McKay called the tackle a “cousin” to the horse-collar tackle, which consists of grabbing the inside collar of the back or side of an opponent’s shoulder pads or jersey, or the jersey at the name plate or above, to pull a runner toward the ground. A hip-drop tackle similarly involves a tackler grabbing a ball carrier from behind and pulling him down in a manner that prevents self-defense.
Read much more: https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-could-...eates-25-times-the-injury-risk-050441627.html
Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Pollard (20) suffered a fractured leg on this play against the San Francisco 49ers in last season's divisional playoffs. The injury occurred on a so-called "hip-drop" tackle. (Photo by Bob Kupbens/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
My recollection is that the initial hip-drop is not what injured Pollard. It was at the end of the tackle where the defender ended up falling on him which bent him in a awkward direction.NFL could soon ban tackling technique it says creates ‘25 times’ the injury risk
Jori Epstein - Senior NFL reporter
Wed, Oct 18, 2023
NEW YORK — Momentum is building for the NFL’s next on-field rule change.
The league’s competition committee, as well as its health and safety committee, are discussing how to respond to a tackling technique that their data says “results in about a 25 times rate of injury as a typical tackle,” executive vice president Jeff Miller said.
The league calls the tackle in question a “hip-drop tackle.” If that doesn’t clarify the play to you, you’re not alone. The league is trying to better define what does and doesn’t constitute it.
“It is an unforgiving behavior, and one that we need to try to define and get out of the game,” Miller said.
NFL competition committee chair Rich McKay called the tackle a “cousin” to the horse-collar tackle, which consists of grabbing the inside collar of the back or side of an opponent’s shoulder pads or jersey, or the jersey at the name plate or above, to pull a runner toward the ground. A hip-drop tackle similarly involves a tackler grabbing a ball carrier from behind and pulling him down in a manner that prevents self-defense.
Read much more: https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-could-...eates-25-times-the-injury-risk-050441627.html
Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Pollard (20) suffered a fractured leg on this play against the San Francisco 49ers in last season's divisional playoffs. The injury occurred on a so-called "hip-drop" tackle. (Photo by Bob Kupbens/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Don't forget Dak:
The initial hip-drop is how tacklers end up throwing their bodies into a ball carrier's lower legs from behind.
