NFL meeting to ban hip drop tackles.. (Update: Now banned) (2 Viewers)

[Gump]

NFL competition committee proposes a ban on hip-drop tackles and a radical change to kickoffs

The NFL competition committee is proposing a rule to penalize so-called “hip-drop” tackles and a radical change to kickoffs to add more returns without compromising safety.

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I for the life of me cannot seem to fathom why they’d want to ban that. Why do they insist on ruining their product? How are players supposed to tackle on offense. This is getting old. Really old…..

If this gets through…I’m done. No more NFL. I can’t take this non sense anymore. It’s football. It’s a contact sport.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Taker597]

Such a particular move. Odd

 

[Fiyo]

I can handle blindside targeting penalties … but make it flag football or let them play … getting to the point of ridiculousness

 

[Goatman Saint]

Where are you supposed to tackle them? Can’t go high. Cant go low. Can’t get your head anywhere near the player, so come on man.

 

[saintmike23]

Ban everything! First team to 100 points wins

 

[Fiyo]

Ban everything! First team to 100 points wins

That’s called basketball … No Fun League living up to its name

 

[St. Geezy]

I still don’t understand what this even means. Been around football my whole life and never heard the term “hip drop tackle” until this past year.

How are defenders supposed to tackle someone they’re chasing without grabbing their legs and dragging them down?

This is going to be a mess to enforce.

EDIT: Did some further research on this as to what a hip drop tackle is, its usage frequency per the league data, etc., and actually now feel this rule change is being way overblown.

My thoughts on the subject are here, for anyone that actually cares about what I have to say on this subject lol:

Not sure which side you’re admonishing here, but I both played and coached ball, and the idea of simply wrapping someone’s legs up without subsequently then twisting/contouring myself and lunging the full weight of my body into his knees and ankles isn’t that hard to fathom nor is it that hard to coach out of the relatively few guys that like to do it.

This technique is something that only recently came en vogue (a la when people suddenly started horse-collaring in the late 90s/early 00s), it is rarely being used (.84 per game, which is a whole 60% increase from the previous year), and its legislation out of the game isn’t going to affect the quality of play to the degree many are acting like it will.

This feels like a classic case of monkey-see monkey-do unwarranted social media outrage, including by some of the players.

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

GOOD!!!!!!!That type of move is NOT tackling!!! It's a lazy shortcut to bring the ball carrier down by any means necessary. The over reaction to this decision is just that. Hip drop tackles are not a common occurrence during a NFL game, you may see one happen out of 16 games played. The...

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[Darth Deuce]

I still don’t understand what this even means. Been around football my whole life and never heard the term “hip drop tackle” until this past year.

How are defenders supposed to tackle someone they’re chasing without grabbing their legs and dragging them down?

This is going to be a mess to enforce.

This is my biggest concern. ANOTHER vague interpretation penalty than can be called "when necessary".

 

[SoggyBottomBoy]

The rules have slowly taken hard hits out of the game. Grabbing and dragging down is what you almost have to default to. How is a DB (or any player for that matter) supposed to tackle a Derrick Henry in the open field?

I can see what they’re trying to address, the dropping on back of players legs, but you can’t regulate out all of the contact injuries in a contact sport.

 

[Snakehead]

There's nothing hard hitting about a hip drop tackle. It's what you do when you can't tackle someone straight up, you hold on and drop your weight on their lower leg/ankles. It's going to be easy to enforce b/c it's pretty evident when someone does it.

 

[WhoDat?DrewDat]

Good luck tackling large TEs

 

[Snakehead]

Good luck tackling large TEs

Even more reason to get a few good ones in the building. They eliminate this style of tackling and those little DBs/LBs are going for a ride or getting steam rolled.

 

[Fiyo]

There's nothing hard hitting about a hip drop tackle. It's what you do when you can't tackle someone straight up, you hold on and drop your weight on their lower leg/ankles. It's going to be easy to enforce b/c it's pretty evident when someone does it.

I disagree to a degree … I’m good with the hip drop … hooking your legs around front to trip a runner IS a penalty in my mind. … But grabbing them from behind and using your weight to drag them down with sitting on their ankles is good with me … takes some arm strength to pull them down without low leg contact

 

[SweetT]

We all know this is going to end up as Flag Football. Just wait until how well it is received in the Olympics. It’s just a matter of time

 

[Snakehead]

I disagree to a degree … I’m good with the hip drop … but hooking your legs around front to trip a runner is a penalty in my mind. … But grabbing them from behind and using your weight to drag them down with sitting on their ankles is good with me … takes some arm strength to pull them down without low leg contact

Have you ever had your lower leg snapped?