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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 ...
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 league adopted two rule changes Tuesday at the owners meetings in Orlando, Fla. One is a ban of the hip-drop tackle and the other is an introduction of a hybrid kickoff rule.
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 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 hip-drop tackle is banned. The NFL has banned the swivel hip-drop tackle, which league competition committee executive vice president Jeff Miller said “results in about a 25 times rate of ...
Even in its 105th season, the NFL is still tinkering with the rule book. ... No more hip drop tackle. The NFL eliminated the hip drop tackle after a few high-profile injuries on the play. The hip ...
NFL coaches during 2024 season will get 3rd challenge if they succeed with one of their 1st two challenges, a modification proposed by Detroit Lions. NFL owners ban hip-drop tackle, approve Lions ...