NFL meeting to ban hip drop tackles.. (Update: Now banned)

Nowhere did I say to just let go. I too remember getting steamrolled by players 40 lbs heavier, and as I recall you're hanging on for dear life with your legs dragging on the ground. Much different from a hip drop, where you kick your legs out in front of you and drop your entire weight directly on the back of the runner's ankle/leg.
That's where I think this rule will be problematic. A lot of tackles are made with the tackler wrapping (and not necessarily from the back as someone mentioned before) and the legs kicked and they drop their weight. I guess the key will be if they land on the back of the players legs. In the video highlights of our new linebacker, Gay, used that technique about three times. I'm not saying these will fit the league's definition of a "hip drop tackle" but that is the ambiguity I'm concerned about, i.e. "was that a hip drop tackle" and "was there enough contact with the back of the legs to warrant a penalty" etc. We'll see if the rule passes at all and if it can be defined properly to minimize interpretation.

Here's the video link and it should start at the first play I noticed at about 3:56. Two others at 4:30 and 5:29. (Side comment - that guy, Gay, is fast!!)