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 Kansas City ...

The tackle that ended Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin’s 2024 season was a play the NFL strove to reduce this offseason. On Friday, the NFL fined Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan ...

Tackling in the NFL looks a bit different than it did last season. 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 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - It's a big football weekend, and a new NFL rule to stop hip-drop tackles continues to stir up controversy. The NFL analyzed more than 20,000 tackles from the last few seasons,and ...

The NFL’s brutal side of things is often in the limelight for all the bad reasons. While the league is introducing new rules every now and then, the onus is always on protecting the athletes from ...

The NFL announced this offseason that it was banning the hip-drop tackle. The new rule states that this form of takedown is now a penalty, and will cost the defense 15 yards plus an automatic first ...

The NFL wants hip-drop tackles out of the game completely. Armed with data that showed that the tackling technique is 20 to 25 times more likely to cause an injury than other tackles, NFL teams voted ...

The NFL outlawed the hip-drop tackle this year. Through two weeks of the preseason, the illegal tactic didn’t happen many times. During a media conference call on Thursday, NFL executive V.P. Jeff ...

The tackle that likely ended Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin's season resulted in a fine for Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith. Per CBS Sports' Jonathan Jones, the NFL has ...

Washington linebacker Frankie Luvu was suspended after a third hip-drop tackle, but the punishment was later reduced to a fine. Perry Knotts / Getty Images ASHBURN, Va. — Frankie Luvu still seemed ...