This is what got Reek hurt:
Hip-drop tackles will be a 15-yard penalty if at least 24 NFL owners agree with the Competition Committee that it’s time to take the technique out of the game.
The Competition Committee has formally proposed banning hip-drop tackles with the following new rule:
“ARTICLE 18. HIP-DROP TACKLE. It is a foul if a player uses the following technique to bring a runner to the ground: (a) grabs the runner with both hands or wraps the runner with both arms; and (b) unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and trapping the runner’s leg(s) at or below the knee. Penalty: For a Hip-Drop Tackle: Loss of 15 yards and an automatic first down.”
Several NFL players have been injured on hip-drop tackles, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said the play should be eliminated from the game. The NFL Players Association, however, has expressed skepticism that the NFL will be able to define hip-drop tackles in a way that the officials will enforce consistently.
Now we see the definition. We’ll find out soon whether NFL owners are satisfied that it’s a rule to adopt this year.
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Last edited: Mar 20, 2024dolphin25, resnor, Sceeto and 1 other person like this.
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Holy crap, my head just exploded lol!!!
Football is 100 years old. Players have been tackled in this manner since before World War II.
If this rule is adopted, in the last 10-15 years, 2 effective methods of tackling players will have been eliminated. The next thing you know, defense is going to be reduced to trying to get in the way of an offensive players and try to scare him with boogity boogity boogity scarey faces.
Did I like it when Tua suffered that terrifying concussion from the hip drop tackle put on him? Of course I didn’t. Hates he got hurt, but this is football!
No freaking wonder why offensive records are being shattered because defenses can’t even play defense anymore.dolphin25, Phin McCool, resnor and 2 others like this. -
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Which honestly, I'm not currently opposed to. I think a have that was physical with blocking and stuff but no tackling, could be very fun to watch.dolphin25 likes this. -
So your outrage is about roughly 50 tackles out of every 10,000 a year and that’s going to make the game somehow worse and like flag football? -
Of the 105 hip drop tackles reviewed by the league, how many of those resulted in an injury resulting in the player being ruled out for the remainder of the game?dolphin25 likes this. -
You eliminate one of these every few years and before you know it we are playing flag football.Rick 1966, dolphin25, resnor and 1 other person like this. -
Hip drop tackles are a fairly new thing. It’s a lazy and dangerous way of tackling a player. Should grabbing face masks be OK? Of course not.
I read someone who asked how you’re supposed to tackle someone from behind if you don’t hip drop tackle. Really? Wrap up their legs. And it’s not like you can’t grab them and drop to the ground, you just can’t land on their legs.MrClean likes this. -
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Football is an inherently unsafe sport. It always has been. You can make it safER but you can't make it completely safe.resnor likes this. -
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