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.
Originally Posted by Valiant:
So can't tackle high even if a offensive player drops his head. Stopped people from tackling up high from behind..can't go low from knee shots or players hurdling. Can't go in to fast.if they are not paying attention or leave your feet.
Now you can't use your weight to bring down a player.
What should a cb do to tackle someone bigger than him?
What about gang tackles? Almost all of them use weight to stop the runner.
Meanwhile, offensive players can stiff arms to the face. Something that really can't be defended and pop a defenders head back. They can chop out legs one on one.
They are going to remove the excitement from the game.
They need to balance rules..
If this passes then players should be down where wrapped up.
Make it flag.
As I have stated before. They would be safer with getting rid of helmets and pads.
Go rugby. Leather small pads and leather helmets.
There won’t be easy fixes for sure. I agree that some of the targeting rules have led to defenders figuring out how to hit stick within the rules. Penalizing one behavior can encourage other behaviors. Maybe that’s a never ending process. I’d like to hope that we can eventually get to a place where defenders are motivated to just tackle the right way. I’m more bothered by the trend of blowing up players instead of wrapping up than I am excited by it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jd1020:
Or its just a result of all the bullshit rules stacked against the defense that prevents them from doing their job so the players started shifting their weight in different ways to prevent extra yards.
Just make it flag football already.
Every year there are thousands of tackles made that aren’t flagged.
I think you’re making a mountain of a molehill here. [Reply]
This is big: NFL Competition Committee Chairman Rich McKay told me the replay assistant will now be permitted to correct certain types of incorrect calls for roughing the passer and intentional grounding.
Must be purely objective (QB wasn’t hit in head, was out of pocket, etc.)
Here’s the video the NFL just showed in a press conference of what are now banned swivel hip-drop tackles (with NFL executive Jeff Miller speaking in the background). pic.twitter.com/Y4H8h6pQkW
So if you're in the process of getting tackled you can just try and get your legs in a position so the defender will come down on you..and you get an automatic 15 yards. Okay? [Reply]
