According to NFL reporter Dov Kleiman, the NFL has taken up another cause in an attempt to make the game safer. NFL CMO Allen Sills says the league is going to have conversations in the offseason about possibly banning hip-drop tackles.
In case the picture below doesn’t illustrate what that is, a hip drop tackle is when a defender catches a ball carrier from behind and drops to the group in an attempt to pull down the offensive player.
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