A year and a half after the NFL banned hip-drop tackles, the league is cracking down on the play. Washington Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu has been suspended one game without pay for repeatedly ...
NEW YORK(AP) — Washington Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu was suspended without pay for one game by the NFL on Monday for repeated violations of playing rules intended to protect the health and ...
A hip-drop tackle, as defined by the NFL, “occurs when a defender wraps up a ball carrier and rotates or swivels his hips, unweighting himself and dropping onto ball carrier’s legs during the tackle.” ...
The NFL spent the offseason defining -- and then outlawing -- the dangerous hip-drop tackle with some level of conversation and controversy. In Week 1, there were no flags for such a tackle. But that ...
Two years ago, the NFL banned the hip-drop tackle. And while plenty of fines have been imposed for a technique that can cause lower-extremity injuries for ball carriers, fouls continue to be rarely ...