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The NFL’s ultimate goal, multiple league executives said, is to eliminate the hip-drop tackle, as they define it, from the game. League leadership wants to pressure teams to coach it out of ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — The NFL has officially banned the hip-drop tackle after a vote at the spring owners meetings.. A source confirmed the news to Yahoo Sports shortly before the announcement ...
NFL executive Jeff Miller said the hip-drop tackle was used 230 times last season and resulted in 15 players missing time with injuries. The NFL Players Association has adamantly opposed the rule.
The NFL has implemented a ban of the hip-drop tackle as well as a hybrid kickoff rule. Here's how those changes could affect the Colts. How the NFL's new rules on hip-drop tackles and kickoff ...
NFL owners officially voted to ban the ‘hip-drop tackle’ from the sport on Monday, after an annual league meeting in Florida. The tackle has long been a topic of debate and was cited as the ...
The NFL is looking to eliminate the hip-drop tackle and will again discuss the “tush push” in the offseason. League executive Jeff Miller said Tuesday the hip-drop tackle increases risk of ...
The NFL's competition committee executive vice president Jeff Miller argued in favor of the ban in October, declaring that hip drop tackles result "in about a 25 times rate of injury as a typical ...
The NFL team owners are set to consider some rule changes. (Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images) ... The potential changes, which include an updated kickoff and a hip-drop tackle ban, will be ...