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Abraham Chao
Coming with major controversy, the NFL has outright BANNED the hip-drop tackle. Those of you might be asking, “Abraham, greatest sports writer of all time, what exactly IS a hip-drop tackle?” Allow me to explain the hip-drop tackle, not through words of my own, but through the greatest internet data base of all time. X (formerly twitter)!
I don’t even know what a “hip drop tackle” is https://t.co/Xq06At9UXD
— Jackson Sirmon (@jackson_sirmon) March 25, 2024
Can anyone even truly define what a hip drop tackle is? https://t.co/AnfKRi6hDJ
— Sap (@JottoChild) March 25, 2024
I played college football. What even is a hip drop tackle?
— Felipe (@galaxyfefo) March 25, 2024
So…. The question still remains. What the actual *!@$ is a hip-drop tackle?
According to my good friends at CBS Sports, a hip-drop tackle is when a player
“Grabs the runner with both hands or wraps the runner with both arms; and unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and trapping the runner’s leg at or below the knee.”
Jeff Kerr of CBS Sports
Here’s the problem.
I get it, right? I get it. We need to put the safety of the players in the fore front of our minds. HOWEVER, since the game was invented, football has been a very physical contact sport. Not one player, coach, team owner, or fan has the impression that football isn’t a very physical and injury prone sport. What’s worse? This rule puts an extra level of complexity on what’s already a quick-time in-the-moment action for them, which is TACKLING.
Here’s what some players have had to say about the rule:
Just fast forward to the belts with flags on them… https://t.co/yToh5XKVMS
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) March 25, 2024
So the hip drop tackle is banned but we still letting these tight ends cut at our legs like a chainsaw @NFL @NFLPA pic.twitter.com/IylLx6TptO
— Montez Sweat (@_sweat9) March 26, 2024
The NFL has banned the "hip drop tackle" in a unanimous decision..
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 25, 2024
Everybody seems to be pissed and for good reason #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/Re90tm4mm4
Now, whether this was the right move by the NFL or not, only time will tell, but one thing’s for sure. The fans drive the market. The players are the one’s putting their body on the line. When you have both of them seemingly aligned on one issue against the league, you’d have to think the league would have to listen.
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