NFL bans hip drop tackle

[FS4LFE]

NFLPA is useless. They get dog walked during every negotiation.

Aren’t they adding another game to the schedule too?

 

[yseJ]

No disrespect bro

I ain’t never met anyone who played defense in their life who is tryna break someone leg by doing the hip drop

It’s literally a technique they taught us, wrap up and drop your weight

shyt like this just makes defenders think twice before making a play, which ironically gets people hurt more

I'm convinced most of the people who say "don't drop the weight on his leg" never once attempted to make a tackle on a guy who has 30+ pound weight advantage on them, from an angle or from behind.

 

[Justise M]

just ban tackling and play two hand touch already...

edit: actually scratch that two hands is too much contact, let's go with pulling flags

 

[duckbutta]

Good. It's a dirty tackle that has a very good chance to cause a significant foot or ankle injury.

I can't think of one nfl play where I saw a tackle like that and thought "yep the defender had no choice but to wrap him up, pull down, and trap the runners leg under his weight and the runners weight.

 

[ThaBoyBam]

Hilarious

 

[Bryan Danielson]

@Heretic

They won’t let y’all play defense no more

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Good. It's a dirty tackle that has a very good chance to cause a significant foot or ankle injury.

I can't think of one nfl play where I saw a tackle like that and thought "yep the defender had no choice but to wrap him up, pull down, and trap the runners leg under his weight and the runners weight.

You can’t drop down
You can’t hit low
You can’t hit high.

At some point the defense gotta get a break

 

[mozichrome]

reading folks comments about this helping offenses more. i remember seeing this tweet

 

[Scottie Drippin]

First page full of "DEFENSE HAS NO CHANCE AT ALL" panic after the lowest scoring season since 2010. But of course, most football watchers couldn't tell you what changed in the league to bring this around and why this tackle being banned won't stop it.

You nikkas live in the fukking twilight zone and you legit do not understand what you're looking at. This is unbelievable.

 

[Dre Space Age]

that move breaks ankles so im not surprised.

 

[DJSmooth]

the nfl saw the Pollard injury. the Mark Andrews injury on the tackle. Pat Mahomes getting injured in the playoffs vs the Jags. then saw the college injury of Jordan Travis from that tackle and saw it needed to be out the game

#3 and #9 hesitating because they don't want to get a penalty hitting the QB in the head.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

I think the NFL wants more teams scoring 60-70 points.

 

[DJSmooth]

Defenders now have to revert to shoelace tackles and flying at the offensive guys heads like a lion does an antelope.

This is awful ruling.

I'm sure this is still a flag

 

[duckbutta]

You can’t drop down
You can’t hit low
You can’t hit high.

At some point the defense gotta get a break

It's not the drop down part. It's the "lean back and fall on defenders leg to cause a serious ankle injury" part.

The "drop" part is a lie. None of these defenders are "dropping". They are purposely leaning back, which is the dirty part of the play.

 

[010101]

tryna prevent career ending crashes

a lot of nikkas sad because the threat of injury was their only card

take that out of play now you can't fukk with the real in no way you gonna get embarrassed HA

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