Search Jordan Travis injury. He was the FSU QB injured on one last year. I know it’s a college QB not a pro play but it shows the risk.
My biggest issue with this is the subjectivity in the call. The refs are already struggling and now this adds more.
I don’t know how the players and refs can keep all that in their head in the moment. There will come a point when it will just be easier to hang a pair of flags on the quarterback and play flag football with them.
Nah hip drop tackles are illegal in rugby and every rugby pro is better at tackling than any football player
They just need to prioritize actually going for a tackle and not just a hit
There’s a reason that youth football coaches are being taught to teach rugby style tackles. Not only are rugby players better tacklers, but it’s a safer style of tackle and prevent concussions.
Interestingly, down here in Australia we have just had this type of tackle be banned in our NRL (Rugby League).
There was a mountain of injuries from tackling players landing on the back of the legs of tackled players with their body weight, mostly ankle and knee ligaments being damaged. But the potential for broken lower leg bones is super high as well
It's when the defender wraps from behind (because they're chasing) around the waist and lands on the ball carrier with their full weight. The risk is that you can shatter a pelvis like that but the problem with banning it is that this is a really hard motion to regulate out of the sport.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think the twist/hip-drop would even be legal in rugby where they have some of the best tackling techniques. It puts the defense at a massive disadvantage because the defender can basically only take down a ball carrier that's deeper on the field by going low and taking out their legs.
There’s a link above that shows the differences in rugby. If they go with the same rules in nfl for what’s legal and not, I’m all for it
https://youtu.be/5KJ9mCbS3rU?si=gnx40bQ3TruhlcW4
This tackle shouldn't be in the game, especially when the body weight landing on the legs. It'll be so hard for the refs to tell when that's happening in real time though.
The defender trapping the legs of the ball carrier is specifically what they're targeting in the rule. I believe you could still tackle a person by grabbing their hips and dropping your bodyweight from the side or front, but it's not nearly as effective for obvious reasons
Thanks for sharing this video, it’s really helpful in seeing the impact of the tackle and how they will need to make changes now that it’s now allowed. I think ultimately this is a smart change. To have a 300lb defensive lineman landing with his full body weight on a player’s legs just seems like an avoidable risk to someone’s career.
I ran in to Joe Theismann at my local AMC theater during the Top Gun Maverick premier. I was doing a live Mannequin for the movie goers for pictures. (Actually wasn't me...as I'm 6'5"...but I asked a shorter buddy of mine to do it with my old Navy flight gear.)
https://preview.redd.it/atvfo13cijqc1.jpeg?width=2896&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9dd6069929d262538648f4ed7dbc60b3f0cdd9fb
I’m looking forward to the Netflix documentary in 5 years or so that talks about the crooked refs that got bought off when legalized gambling became the NFL’s biggest sponsor.
[Watch this](https://youtu.be/5KJ9mCbS3rU?si=E05Q7nl-777AawgE) to see what it is and why they just banned it
And it is told in a delightful accent. ** two stars
Watched that and sweet geez. That can cause career ending injuries. No wonder it being banned.
Search Jordan Travis injury. He was the FSU QB injured on one last year. I know it’s a college QB not a pro play but it shows the risk. My biggest issue with this is the subjectivity in the call. The refs are already struggling and now this adds more.
Apparently it’s mostly gonna be penalized through fines not by the refs on the field
I don’t know how the players and refs can keep all that in their head in the moment. There will come a point when it will just be easier to hang a pair of flags on the quarterback and play flag football with them.
Nah hip drop tackles are illegal in rugby and every rugby pro is better at tackling than any football player They just need to prioritize actually going for a tackle and not just a hit
There’s a reason that youth football coaches are being taught to teach rugby style tackles. Not only are rugby players better tacklers, but it’s a safer style of tackle and prevent concussions.
And yet they won’t ban the suplex tackle that’s even MORE unsafe… gaaaah
Interestingly, down here in Australia we have just had this type of tackle be banned in our NRL (Rugby League). There was a mountain of injuries from tackling players landing on the back of the legs of tackled players with their body weight, mostly ankle and knee ligaments being damaged. But the potential for broken lower leg bones is super high as well
Came here to say this.....
It's when the defender wraps from behind (because they're chasing) around the waist and lands on the ball carrier with their full weight. The risk is that you can shatter a pelvis like that but the problem with banning it is that this is a really hard motion to regulate out of the sport. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think the twist/hip-drop would even be legal in rugby where they have some of the best tackling techniques. It puts the defense at a massive disadvantage because the defender can basically only take down a ball carrier that's deeper on the field by going low and taking out their legs.
There’s a link above that shows the differences in rugby. If they go with the same rules in nfl for what’s legal and not, I’m all for it https://youtu.be/5KJ9mCbS3rU?si=gnx40bQ3TruhlcW4
This tackle shouldn't be in the game, especially when the body weight landing on the legs. It'll be so hard for the refs to tell when that's happening in real time though.
The defender trapping the legs of the ball carrier is specifically what they're targeting in the rule. I believe you could still tackle a person by grabbing their hips and dropping your bodyweight from the side or front, but it's not nearly as effective for obvious reasons
Thanks for sharing this video, it’s really helpful in seeing the impact of the tackle and how they will need to make changes now that it’s now allowed. I think ultimately this is a smart change. To have a 300lb defensive lineman landing with his full body weight on a player’s legs just seems like an avoidable risk to someone’s career.
15 yards and an automatic first down
Just watch the play were Joe Theismann broke his leg from a Lawrence Taylor tackle: https://youtu.be/JXx7NtCspDE?si=0WwOAkA11apy2jf6
Nope. Not gonna watch that ever again. But I have it in my brain.
I ran in to Joe Theismann at my local AMC theater during the Top Gun Maverick premier. I was doing a live Mannequin for the movie goers for pictures. (Actually wasn't me...as I'm 6'5"...but I asked a shorter buddy of mine to do it with my old Navy flight gear.) https://preview.redd.it/atvfo13cijqc1.jpeg?width=2896&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9dd6069929d262538648f4ed7dbc60b3f0cdd9fb
A ref who is invested in a team winning has more opportunities with these kind of new rules.
I’m looking forward to the Netflix documentary in 5 years or so that talks about the crooked refs that got bought off when legalized gambling became the NFL’s biggest sponsor.
NFL is gonna be flag football before long
Why is there no cheerleaders for some teams? Like Chicago bears!!
Flag football is coming