BREAKING: NFL Unanimously Votes In New Controversial Rule

The NFL seems to be destined to ban the hip-drop tackle this week.

The league office wants to ban a certain type of hip-drop tackle. The NFLPA disagrees. The owners voted on it.

On Monday, it was announced that the NFL has banned the hip-drop tackle after a number of injuries arose from the play over the last two seasons, according to Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.

The NFL has banned the hip-drop tackle, source said. The Competition Committee was unanimous on it.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 25, 2024

The NFL has banned the hip-drop tackle. This is happening.

A 15-yard penalty and an automatic first-down will be enforced should a player use that technique. pic.twitter.com/tDvsvuYLd8

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) March 25, 2024

The move was expected, with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones telling reporters Monday that removing the controversial tackle was necessary for player safety.

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“You can coach that one. In my mind, that’s one of the easier deals,” he said, via NBC Sports. “It reminds me a little of (the) horse collar. That’s needed. That’s very needed. It’s very obvious that it’s injurious.”

The controversial tackle is where a defender wraps the ball carrier with their hands or arms and then drops their hips, causing the other player’s legs and feet to get trapped.

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Jones was on board with this since the Dallas Cowboys suffered a major loss before the playoffs in 2022 due to a hip-drop tackle on running back Tony Pollard. The NFL running back fractured his left fibula and had a high-ankle sprain that needed surgery after a hip-drop tackle late in the season, forcing him to go on IR for the remainder of the year.

Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews suffered a season-ending lower leg injury on an apparent hip-drop tackle on Thursday Night Football last year that had him out until the playoffs.

Major Penalty Will Be Handed Out Due To Banning of Hip-Drop Tackle

In their new rule proposals for the 2024 season, the NFL has suggested a 15-yard penalty if a player “grabs the runner with both hands or wraps the runner with both arms; and unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and trapping the runner’s leg(s) at or below the knee.”

The language that was submitted for the rule change indicates that it will indeed be a 15-yard penalty and an automatic first down.

Also Read: BREAKING: Competition Committee Proposes New NFL Rule That Would Penalize Team 15 Yards And Result In An Automatic First Down