Football NFL likely banning hip-drop tackle - Page 2

The NFL competition committee has proposed a new rule that would penalize a player with a 15-yard penalty and grant the opposition an automatic first down for using the hip-drop tackle to bring a runner to the ground.

This is the definition of a hip-drop tackle:
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— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) March 20, 2024

YAC gods will go crazy
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It should be illegal to make any contact with Patrick Mahomes imo
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Opening Day 2027

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I know people are generally against this.

But the worst unwatchable football is when great players aren't on the field. Nobody wants to watch a playoff game with skyler Thompson. That is way less watchable than stricter penalties on tackling. We lucked out on mahomes avoiding serious injury last year but our tune would totally change if he didn't come back.

So yeah, in general I'm OK with it considering that unlike a lot of rules about hitting qbs this one seems to injure at an extremely high rate
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They need to ban the tackling of Patrick Mahomes, that's what they need to do. Fucking around with all this pissant shit. Get to the real meat and potatoes.
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Originally Posted by smithandrew051:
It should be illegal to make any contact with Patrick Mahomes imo

Well, as it's already illegal to say mean things about a QB in his vicinity, I'm sure that's coming soon enough.
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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
I know people are generally against this.

But the worst unwatchable football is when great players aren't on the field. Nobody wants to watch a playoff game with skyler Thompson. That is way less watchable than stricter penalties on tackling. We lucked out on mahomes avoiding serious injury last year but our tune would totally change if he didn't come back.

So yeah, in general I'm OK with it considering that unlike a lot of rules about hitting qbs this one seems to injure at an extremely high rate

Offensive player has a choice to go down when someone is on their back. Defensive player putting all his weight on the runner is appropriate. If you are worried about getting hurt, go the **** down.
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Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni:
"Proposed". Where does it say "likely"?

Whenever stuff gets proposed in the name of 'player safety' it tends to get adopted. If the NFLPA wants it, the NFL is unlikely to fight hard against it because they don't want to be on the other side of a lawsuit in the future.
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Can’t wait to see the botched interpretations of this next year that cost teams 15yds.
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it's a tricky one to call correctly.

if they could call it consistently on both teams, ok

but I dont think they can
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Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni:
"Proposed". Where does it say "likely"?

It's happening
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Whenever stuff gets proposed in the name of 'player safety' it tends to get adopted. If the NFLPA wants it, the NFL is unlikely to fight hard against it because they don't want to be on the other side of a lawsuit in the future.

This.
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I think this is probably a good thing. Like Zilla said, if we can keep high cap good players on the field its better for the league.

Seems to me that the dirty ass teams do it the most. It's possible I look for it with greater scrutiny with those teams so I may be way off. But it will definitely affect teams.

Looks to me like speed rules again. Might cause some guys to switch to more 2 deep coverages so they don't have to chase anyone down.
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Originally Posted by Ming the Merciless:
it's a tricky one to call correctly.

if they could call it consistently on both teams, ok

but I dont think they can

Yeah, refs will fuck it up like everything else they touch.
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