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The NFL met with coaches this offseason about “some concern about how you officiate it,” Jones told Yahoo Sports. Particularly in the box, where the NFL doesn’t apply horse-collar rules ...
In the NFL, the ban states that a horse-collar tackle is an open-field tackle in which a defender uses the shoulder pads or jersey to immediately bring a ball carrier down. The term "open field" means that horse-collar tackles committed near the line of scrimmage will be allowed.
The NFL’s ultimate goal, multiple league executives said, is to eliminate the hip-drop tackle, as they define it, from the game. ... the way they believe they changed trends on horse-collar ...
The NFL is looking to eliminate the hip-drop tackle and will again discuss the “tush push” in the offseason. ... The league made the horse-collar tackle illegal several years ago because a ...
Horse-collar tackle: Illegally tackling another player by grabbing the inside of the ball carrier's shoulder pads or jersey from behind and yanking the player down. (American) The signal for a personal foul (except in high school), followed by: Raising one arm to the side of the body with the elbow bent, so that the closed fist is near the neck.
Roy Williams rule: [378] No horse-collar tackles. Enacted in 2005 after the Dallas Cowboys safety broke Terrell Owens's ankle and Musa Smith's leg on horse-collar tackles during the previous season. (Paul) Salata rule: [379] A team is not allowed to pass on a draft pick at the end of the draft in an effort to secure the last pick.
Per the NFL, a horse-collar penalty requires a tackler to “grab the inside collar of the back or the side of the shoulder pads or jersey or grab the jersey at the name plate or above and pull ...
Associations such as the National Football League (NFL), and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSHSA) made it illegal to perform any kind of spearing or head down contact to another player. The National Collegiate Athletic Association only made "intentional" spearing illegal. This was changed to the NFL rule in 2006.