The tackle on Pollard was 100% dirty

[blueblood70]

That technique of swinging your body to hip drop on the runner’s legs is 100% a dirty play and intentionally trying to injure an opposing player. I get sick to my stomach every time I see a defender do it. These guys are all professional athletes and know exactly what they’re doing, this is not taught at any level of football. In fact, if you pulled this in practice you’d get immediately removed from the field because everyone knows this is a sure fire way to break someone’s leg.

It’s bush league and the NFL needs to start issuing heavy fines for these plays. They outlawed horse collars for the same reason and this technique in my opinion is even more ill intentioned.

attach a video and show us not juts post you think its dirty. i haven't watched it. so show us..not the game just that play,.

 

[MarcusRock]

Are you suggesting that the NFL rules committee is less than stellar?

They can be slow to react, for sure.

 

[GMO415]

28 years of putting "good enough" is dirty pool on Cowboys fans.

Iggles win a championship and move on from a huge mistake at QB in 2016 but do, and now their back in 7 years later.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Are you suggesting that the NFL rules committee is less than stellar?

Absolutely. 100% the rules committee is seriously lacking, especially since they claim to want to make the game safer for the players.

 

[America's Cowboy]

28 years of putting "good enough" is dirty pool on Cowboys fans.

Iggles win a championship and move on from a huge mistake at QB in 2016 but do, and now their back in 7 years later.

Eagles supplied their QBs with weapons and excellent pass protection, plus improved coaching and playcalling. Cowboys? Not so much. That's the difference.

 

[CowboyFrog]

Eagles supplied their QBs with weapons and excellent pass protection, plus improved coaching and playcalling. Cowboys? Not so much. That's the difference.

The Oline played plenty good against the niners elite Dline, but yeah our weapons were Lamb, Shultz, Brown, Zeke, Hilton after pollard got hurt. Dak played bad no way around it, but that lineup is not great considering the opponent, and the QB is not helping anything with how he played.

 

[charron]

Unfortunately its not dirty but it is dangerous.

 

[Redline360]

Has nothing to do with Pollard or the Cowboys in general but have talked about this style of tackling years ago on another board.

To me this style of tackling needs to be banned. Soooo many ankle, leg, and knee injuries happen yearly cause of this side ways swing my enitre weight into the person's lower half.

This is more of a concern then the can't accidently slap, hit the helmet trying to defelct a pass, or can't put weight on the quarterback bs. I agree with the more serious ones as safety come first but those tidbit rules are beyond ridiculous but I understand QB sell merchandise and tickets.

 

[CowboyFrog]

Has nothing to do with Pollard or the Cowboys in general but have talked about this style of tackling years ago on another board.

To me this style of tackling needs to be banned. Soooo many ankle, leg, and knee injuries happen yearly cause of this side ways swing my enitre weight into the person's lower half.

This is more of a concern then the can't accidently slap, hit the helmet trying to defelct a pass, or can't put weight on the quarterback bs. I agree with the more serious ones as safety come first but tbose tidbit rules are beyond ridiculous but I understand QB sell merchandise and tickets.

Yup you leave your feet and go into thier back legs it should be an auto 1 game. That would stop it.

 

[America's Cowboy]

attach a video and show us not juts post you think its dirty. i haven't watched it. so show us..not the game just that play,.

Here you go...



Jimmy Ward intentionally left the ground after grabbing on to Tony Pollard's waist from behind and thrust his body into the back of Pollard's legs. That should be made illegal. There is no reason to thrust your body into the legs of a ball carrier without understanding the physical damage that can be done to the ball carrier. Ward could have tackled Pollard without having to leave the ground. He could have ran through the ball carrier as you are taught to tackle in football since junior high school.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

The Niners know how to win a street fight…..our team, not so much

Another good example is a pass pick play. Rub routes. Afraid to run em.

 

[Redline360]

Yup you leave your feet and go into thier back legs it should be an auto 1 game. That would stop it.

The vast majority of the time they have the player wrapped up or hit them enough they already going to the ground. Absolutely no reason to leave your feet

When on the slow motion replay you can easily see he could have planted his left foot and kept driving down. He intentionally swung all his weight trying to pull him down

Even if the teams were reversed and it happened to SF would still absolutely hate it.

 

[CowboyFrog]

Another good example is a pass pick play. Rub routes. Afraid to run em.

Its not what JG/KM do.. and you know the drill "We do what we do"

 

[OmerV]

They aren't, and cannot be, all form tackles, so the notion that nobody teaches this tackling technique really has no meaning. Tacklers improvise as the situation plays out, and a person can just as easily see the defender trying to pull the runner down as trying to jump on his leg. I obviously can't say what the tackler was thinking, but I certainly don't think it's clear he was trying to injure Pollard.

 

[BlindFaith]

Not sure what ya'll are expecting the defender to do. Nothing about that looks dirty. He wrapped up and pulled him down.
How would you even go about trying to make that an illegal tackle? You cant tackle a guy from behind at all? You can only grab him and not pull him down? Sheesh, may as well just make it two hand touch.
Injuries are and will always be part of the game.

 

[CowboyFrog]

Not sure what ya'll are expecting the defender to do. Nothing about that looks dirty. He wrapped up and pulled him down.
How would you even go about trying to make that an illegal tackle? You cant tackle a guy from behind at all? You can only grab him and not pull him down? Sheesh, may as well just make it two hand touch.
Injuries are and will always be part of the game.

Some of the rules are dumb, the hit box to me is so small and no one thought they would be able to adjust... they did, all we are saying is that move purposely or not injures more players than any other tackle...do not leave your feet when you have a guy wrapped up from behind..I think that may be the easiest thing they have asked defenders to do in years.

 

[jsb357]

it's a game of attrition...

The good teams, healthy teams, and lucky teams have the best chance of a SB victory.

A combination of all three can hardly be beat.

 

[BoysfanfromCanada]

It absolutely is dirty and used as a way to hurt players. Our defence doesn't do it. The Eagles do it, there were a few tackles like that against the Giants which I noticed. The Niners do it too. This is the outcome but no one really says anything

 

[DallasEast]

Patrick Mahomes was injured in a similar way. Pollard's injury will likely not move the needle but it would not surprise me if the Rules Committee evaluates tackling his offseason. The last thing, owners desire, is for one of the premier faces of the league getting injured--and especially during the playoffs. In fact, I think the review will be prioritized if the Chiefs lose Sunday and it is perceived his injury helped diminish Mahomes' level of play. The league is all about the billions...

 

[BlindFaith]

Some of the rules are dumb, the hit box to me is so small and no one thought they would be able to adjust... they did, all we are saying is that move purposely or not injures more players than any other tackle...do not leave your feet when you have a guy wrapped up from behind..I think that may be the easiest thing they have asked defenders to do in years.

So in this case, Ward needs to position himself behind Pollard, wrap him up and just hold him? Not bring him down?
Tell me how you enforce making this an illegal tackle?