A ban on the hip-drop tackle, a technique with much higher risk of injury compared to traditional tackles. Next Thursday's kickoff of the NFL season featuring the Baltimore Ravens at the ...

The controversial − and now illegal − hip-drop tackle has been banned from the NFL. Owners on Monday approved the ban addressing one of the league's key safety concerns while further ...

The hip drop tackle got a lot of press in the past few years of NFL action. The technique saw players getting injured when wrapped up from behind and a defender would fall to bring the ball ...

On Friday, the NFL fined Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith $16,833 for what it deemed a “hip-drop tackle” on Godwin. Per the NFL, a hip-drop tackle occurs when a defender “wraps up a ...

After debate over the past few years on whether the hip-drop tackle should be banned, the league announced in March that it would, in fact, be removing the technique as a legal play. It was one of ...

In the eyes of the NFL's competition committee, hips don't lie. The league officially moved to ban the hip-drop tackle Monday, with the committee voting unanimously to remove it from the game.

And a hip-drop tackle is exactly the name that fits the description. Here’s everything you need to know about what a hip-drop tackle is. Hip drop tackles are brutal tackles that are enforced on ...

Jeff Miller, the executive vice president at the NFL who oversees health and safety, admits that they are trying to get alignment on what a hip-drop tackle is exactly. Without a clear definition ...

Concerns about the hip-drop tackle's rising popularity in the NFL have been expressed for some time. In April, the NFL contacted representatives of the Australian National Rugby League in an ...

The NFL's health and safety officials are meeting with the league's competition committee this week, and one of their chief goals is eliminating the "hip-drop tackle" from the game, according to ...

The hip-drop tackle has sidelined Ravens tight end Mark Andrews, who may have sustained a cracked fibula and ankle ligament injury after catching a pass in the game's opening minutes. While the ...